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Portland, ME vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bend has been positive.
- Bend has 0.8% less unemployment than Portland.
- Bend job growth has increased by 34.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Portland, MEBend, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.2%6.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.3%57.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.1%-2.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%1.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.3%15.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%34.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 3 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, MAINE
04103 04102 04101 04108 04109 04019
ZIPS IN BEND, OREGON
97701 97702

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