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San Clemente, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lake Forest has been positive.
- Lake Forest has 0.4% more unemployment than San Clemente.
- Lake Forest job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.
 San Clemente, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for San Clemente    9 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

First, the big plus of San Clemente is the weather. It is wonderful and most of the time you can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities. Second, the area has a natural  More

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Over 17 years ago

2005, 2006, 2007 one homicide 2008  More

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Over 17 years ago

I first moved to San Clemente in 1974 from the Los Angeles area. Three things struck me at the time as being radically different than LA: Things closed down earlier,  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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