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Raleigh, NC vs Lake City, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lake City has been positive.
- Lake City has 0.6% less unemployment than Raleigh.
- Lake City job growth has increased by 9.0% in the past 10 years.
 Raleigh, NCLake City, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.2%30.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.2%-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%-0.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth3.0%1.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.5%9.0%6.3%
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 Lake City    6 Reviews

I have been here 7 years and until Covid hit, I thought is was okay despite a large number of Confederate flags. Covid brought the worst in people. I have been  More

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Over 15 years ago

You can always build a place of worship or build Jewish community. The Muslims just build their place of worship here and many Christians have their churches. Why  More

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I have lived all over the country from Missouri, Pennsylvania, and have finally found my niche here in Lake City, Florida. I love it here, and with the church I  More

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