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Rapid City, SD vs Hastings, NE

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- Job Growth in Hastings has been positive.
- Hastings has 0.5% more unemployment than Rapid City.
- Hastings job growth has increased by 1.0% in the past 10 years.
 Rapid City, SDHastings, NEUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock2.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-0.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth8.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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Reviews for Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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