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Suffern, NY vs Scranton, PA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Scranton has been positive.
- Scranton has 3.1% less unemployment than Suffern.
- Scranton job growth has increased by 0.6% in the past 10 years.
 Suffern, NYScranton, PAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Suffern    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Great place to raise a  More

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If you want to know what I can't stand about going to visit my parents in Suffern, it's the fact that the Hasidic Jews from other parts of the town of  More

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Suffern has express trains that allow you to get to NYC in under an hour. It has agrets bakery downtown (Crumbs) a movie theater with an organ, all different types of  More

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Reviews for Scranton    20 Reviews

I retired and moved here in 2008 because it was a cheap place to live and my house cost only $70,000 in '08. I found through time that the city is low in crime, has a  More

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LOVE LIVING IN NORTH SCRANTON PA....MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS AND HAVE MET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE. BEING FROM NY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE MOVED  More

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I HAVE LIVED IN NORTH SCRANTON FOR 10YRS, I REALLY ENJOY LIFE HERE. THERE IS SO MUCH TO OFFER, SUPER LOW COST OF LIVING, HOUSING IS CHEAP TO BUY FOR A NICE HOME. WE HAVE  More

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