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Raleigh, NC vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairfax has been positive.
- Fairfax has 0.0% more unemployment than Raleigh.
- Fairfax job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Raleigh, NCFairfax, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.2%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.2%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth3.0%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.5%2.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total
ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030

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