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Richmond, VA vs Mount Pleasant, SC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mount Pleasant has been positive.
- Mount Pleasant has 4.0% more unemployment than Richmond.
- Mount Pleasant job growth has increased by 39.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Richmond, VAMount Pleasant, SCUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.1%40.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.7%4.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.9%12.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.6%39.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Reviews for Mount Pleasant    15 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Mount Pleasant and the surrounding Charleston area has changed drastically over the years. Entirely too many people have moved here and cost of living is skyrocketing.  More

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I fell in Love with Charleston and its neighboring town over 30 years ago. The people were the nicest and most hospitable people I had ever met. Downtown Charleston  More

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Over 8 years ago

Charleston is an amazing place! I grew up there. Mt. Pleasant will be your most pretentious people. The majority of people that live there now are no originally from  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
ZIPS IN MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA
29464 29466

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