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Provo, UT vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Long Beach has been positive.
- Long Beach has 9.4% less unemployment than Provo.
- Long Beach job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Provo, UTLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock11.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth48.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth20.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Provo    21 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was born in Provo and have lived in a few cities nearby my entire life. While I was raised in a semi-Mormon family, I am no longer LDS. I haven’t been for about 20  More

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Over 7 years ago

I live in Mississippi and im 15. Im looking for somewhere to relocate when I graduate college. Even though im 15 and I have a long way ahead before I even graduate  More

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Great Quality of life. People are  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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