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Ann Arbor, MI vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Boulder has been positive.
- Boulder has 1.6% less unemployment than Ann Arbor.
- Boulder job growth has increased by 11.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Ann Arbor, MIBoulder, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.5%5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.1%44.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.3%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.5%-3.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-0.4%1.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%11.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Highly educated city. traffic and parking is bad. university culture is nice, not sure about elsewhere. no good pizza! if you're looking for food, I recommend "a taste  More

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Uh, compared to my other favorite college towns this one lacks flavor. Safer and kinda pretty, but not the greenest place, it's fine. Good restaurants, music, art,  More

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Over 9 years ago

Ann Arbor bus service (AATA) is quite good. The Detroit Metro Airport is only a 20 min. drive away and is also quite good. The traffic in Ann Arbor is usually mild  More

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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ZIPS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
48103 48104 48105 48109
ZIPS IN BOULDER, COLORADO
80302 80304 80301 80303 80305 80310

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