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Plano, TX vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 3.0% less unemployment than Plano.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.
 Plano, TXPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Plano    42 Reviews

I had lived in Plano for over 30 years. It is where I bought my first home as a single woman, where I married, and where I raised my children. I was fortunate enough  More

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We have lived in Plano for 20 years. It has been consistently rated very highly in surveys of best places to live in the US. Pros are the parks system; which includes  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here for a while now. It's wonderful here. There's a ton to do, great jobs, great parks, and pretty good school. It's the perfect  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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