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Urbana, IL vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Philadelphia has been positive.
- Philadelphia has 6.1% less unemployment than Urbana.
- Philadelphia job growth has increased by 3.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Urbana, ILPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%10.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.2%28.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.0%-7.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%-3.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-0.9%-1.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%3.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 15 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
ZIPS IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
19120, 19111, 19124, 19143, 19134, 19149, 19104, 19148, 19140, 19145, 48 total

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