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Mesa, AZ vs Portage, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portage has been positive.
- Portage has 1.4% more unemployment than Mesa.
- Portage job growth has increased by 6.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Mesa, AZPortage, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.1%4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.1%33.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth5.3%-3.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth14.2%-0.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth24.4%6.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 1 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 19 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total
ZIPS IN PORTAGE, MICHIGAN
49024 49002

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