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Tuscaloosa, AL vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Raleigh has been positive.
- Raleigh has 0.1% more unemployment than Tuscaloosa.
- Raleigh job growth has increased by 17.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Tuscaloosa, ALRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.4%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.2%44.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.5%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.3%-2.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.6%3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.5%17.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
35405 35401 35404 35406 35456 35446
ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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