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Santa Fe, NM vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lompoc has been positive.
- Lompoc has 1.5% less unemployment than Santa Fe.
- Lompoc job growth has increased by 0.7% in the past 10 years.
 Santa Fe, NMLompoc, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock9.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-5.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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Reviews for Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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