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Wailuku, HI vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 4.2% more unemployment than Wailuku.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Wailuku, HIBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-20.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Wailuku    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

You can't beat the weather here. If you like the 4 seasons the islands wouldn't be the place for you.   More

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Over 17 years ago

the tourist economy has fallen apart, major layoffs state wide. All major airlines getting close to pulling out of west coast market. Aloha and ATA both went out of  More

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Over 19 years ago

Wailuku is a beautiful place to live. The climate is wetter than the south side of Maui because we are next to the west Maui mountains. It will drizzle a little each  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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