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Staten Island, NY vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in New Orleans has been positive.
- New Orleans has 1.2% less unemployment than Staten Island.
- New Orleans job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Staten Island, NYNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment9.8%11.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.0%25.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-12.5%-7.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-10.4%-5.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.5%-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.7%7.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Staten Island    2 Reviews

Expensive housing. Lots of traffic at times, but still many times nicer than the rest of NYC. Staten Island has a few beautiful beaches, and overall most of the people  More

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Over 6 years ago

Low quality of life, expect a 60-90 minute commute if you live here as there are no jobs on the island. As for the people, they are very rude and miserable, have serious  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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