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Short Pump, VA vs Dover, DE

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- Job Growth in Dover has been positive.
- Dover has 5.1% less unemployment than Short Pump.
- Dover job growth has increased by 4.4% in the past 10 years.
 Short Pump, VADover, DEUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock10.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth8.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Short Pump    1 Reviews

If you come here, be prepared to be looked down on by the "Socialites". Don't get me wrong, I am a life long Virginia native. But this area has some growing up to do.  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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