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Portland, OR vs Manchester, CT

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Manchester has been positive.
- Manchester has 1.1% less unemployment than Portland.
- Manchester job growth has increased by 0.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Portland, ORManchester, CTUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.4%29.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.8%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.6%-4.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-2.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.8%0.5%6.3%

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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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Reviews for Manchester    5 Reviews

My husband and I moved to CT 20 years ago. He was headhunted by a firm in Hartford, and they made a good enough salary offer to bring us here. Oy, the sticker shock!  More

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Over 9 years ago

It Sucks No work no friendly  More

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Over 13 years ago

Manchester is a gateway to Hartford. Then its all down hill from there. watch out  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT
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