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Southport, NC vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Myrtle Beach has been positive.
- Myrtle Beach has 1.8% less unemployment than Southport.
- Myrtle Beach job growth has increased by 13.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Southport, NCMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.8%7.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.8%38.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.7%-5.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.5%-1.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.9%3.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth16.5%13.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Southport    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I found the other reviews interesting stating that the housing market is priced high. This is very subjective and based on what they've looked at. We live in NJ and are  More

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Over 14 years ago

I hated to leave the other reveiw stand alone. Yes cost of living is higher in Southport than say Whiteville or Fayetteville. You do pay a premium to live next to the  More

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Over 16 years ago

Southport is a great place to live if you can stand the cost of living. Housing prices are high, taxes are high, and utilities are expensive. The city of Southport is  More

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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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