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Virginia Beach, VA vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Kalamazoo has been positive.
- Kalamazoo has 1.5% less unemployment than Virginia Beach.
- Kalamazoo job growth has increased by 2.1% in the past 10 years.
 Virginia Beach, VAKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.8%6.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.2%29.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.8%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-4.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.9%2.1%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 Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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