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Virginia Beach, VA vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbus has been positive.
- Columbus has 0.9% less unemployment than Virginia Beach.
- Columbus job growth has increased by 14.9% in the past 10 years.
 Virginia Beach, VAColumbus, OHUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.8%5.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.2%34.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.8%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%4.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.9%14.9%6.3%
Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

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Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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