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Raleigh, NC vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Thousand Oaks has been positive.
- Thousand Oaks has 0.6% less unemployment than Raleigh.
- Thousand Oaks job growth has increased by 4.8% in the past 10 years.
 Raleigh, NCThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-7.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.5%  Unlock6.3%
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 2 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 Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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