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Birch Bay, WA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 0.2% more unemployment than Birch Bay.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Birch Bay, WAPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.7%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.9%42.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.0%-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.8%2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.2%11.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Birch Bay    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

over priced  More

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Over 11 years ago

Moderate weather year round. If you can deal with five months of gray and drizzle its a good place to  More

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Over 11 years ago

Birch Bay/Blaine,just might be the best kept secret in America. Never gets to hot, or cold. Small town next to the Canadian  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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ZIPS IN BIRCH BAY, WASHINGTON
98230
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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