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West Haven, CT vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 0.2% more unemployment than West Haven.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.
 West Haven, CTPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for West Haven    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Im just tired of the cold months and the price of the  More

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Over 15 years ago

West Haven has a nice long oceanfront, however,I would not want to swim at our beaches. The taxes for real estate are very high..I pay over $4,000 a year for a small  More

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Over 15 years ago

low crime,diverse  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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