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Paris, TN vs Bristol, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bristol has been positive.
- Bristol has 0.4% more unemployment than Paris.
- Bristol job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.
 Paris, TNBristol, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Paris    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Paris is such a quaint town, so pretty and the people who live here have the best hearts! It also has everything you need to live a wonderful life. Large hospital  More

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Over 12 years ago

as for cost of living paris isn't quite so bad. though it is slowly going up like everywhere as a single mother it isn't to bad. however, it is a fast growing meth city.  More

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My concerns cover various areas. The first is the fact that Paris is trying so hard to become a tourist area, which is fine. However, now and especially after it does  More

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Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 8 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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