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San Marcos, TX vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 2.6% less unemployment than San Marcos.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.
 San Marcos, TXPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth46.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth50.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for San Marcos    6 Reviews

An area with so much potential and existing natural beauty.Sadly bad urban planning is clearly obvious.Looks like fun for tens of thousands of students.However for the  More

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Over 16 years ago

San Marcos has the most beautiful people and places that I have ever seen throughout my travels. I love this city so much that I decided to settle down here and start a  More

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Over 17 years ago

I spent several summers and a couple winters in San Marcos during my formidable years and really have to tell those interested about what a nice town it is. The best  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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