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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Boston has been positive.
- Boston has 2.3% more unemployment than Poughkeepsie.
- Boston job growth has increased by 11.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Poughkeepsie, NYBoston, MAUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.5%6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.6%42.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.9%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.2%-4.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.0%0.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-5.0%11.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 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 11 years ago

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

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Over 12 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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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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ZIPS IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
12601
ZIPS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
02124, 02128, 02135, 02130, 02127, 02125, 02136, 02131, 02115, 02126, 30 total

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