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Des Plaines, IL vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 0.1% more unemployment than Des Plaines.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Des Plaines, ILPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.0%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.2%42.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.4%-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.5%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.1%2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%11.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Des Plaines    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

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Over 15 years ago

The historic center of des plaines is also downtown. Fairly easy commute to Chicago. The metra is right there. Also there is the Des Plaines public library with a great  More

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Over 17 years ago

Changing of the seasons is good. But it's too cold for too  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 DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
60018
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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