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Reading, PA vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Carlsbad has been positive.
- Carlsbad has 6.4% more unemployment than Reading.
- Carlsbad job growth has increased by 37.8% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Reading, PACarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Current Unemployment14.8%8.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.0%34.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.2%-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.2%13.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-6.0%11.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.1%37.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Reading    15 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Having lived in Reading in the 1960's and early 1970's I can definitely say the city has gone downhill as it has in reality been a victim of two major forces; first  More

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Over 10 years ago

Berks County is beautiful in the fall. Cool, crisp air and the trees are a pallet of  More

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Over 11 years ago

Well to start, in the past 8 years ive lived in 7 states, some pros and cons. Tucson I loved in all respects except its not as nice as living in a small town but it  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    15 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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I've lived here ten years and hate it. It's an oilfield town and they take advantage of that by doing a lot of price gouging... it's very difficult to find reasonably  More

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ZIPS IN READING, PENNSYLVANIA
19601 19604 19602 19611
ZIPS IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO
88220

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