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Portsmouth, VA vs Miami, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Miami has been positive.
- Miami has 0.2% more unemployment than Portsmouth.
- Miami job growth has increased by 17.9% in the past 10 years.
 Portsmouth, VAMiami, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-11.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Portsmouth    4 Reviews

I have lived in Westhaven neighborhood in Portsmouth for 23 yrs. I have never smelled a paper mill in Portsmouth. I grew up in MA about a mile from one, so I know what  More

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Over 15 years ago

Housing not always  More

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Does anyone living near Portsmouth, VA smell a paper  More

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Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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