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Providence, RI vs Lowell, MA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lowell has been positive.
- Lowell has 0.6% more unemployment than Providence.
- Lowell job growth has increased by 4.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Providence, RILowell, MAUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.6%8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.6%41.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.8%-8.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.7%-5.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%-0.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%4.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Reviews for Lowell    4 Reviews

Lowell... what a city! Remember to read the plaques on each sewer reminding our residents not to wash your daily garbage down the gutters. Remember, here in Lowell,  More

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Over 16 years ago

We are in a quiet neighbor hood with modtly elderly people on our street, I have always lived in this city and I wouldn't change for any place in the U.S.A I love the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Many parts of Middlesex county have become incredibly congested and overcrowded in recent years due to immigration. Some white flight taking place in Lowell, though  More

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ZIPS IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
02909 02908 02907 02906 02905 02903 02912
ZIPS IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
01852 01851 01854 01850

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