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Portland, OR vs Ottawa, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Ottawa has been positive.
- Ottawa has 0.4% more unemployment than Portland.
- Ottawa job growth has increased by 12.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Portland, OROttawa, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%7.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.4%20.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.8%-8.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.6%-10.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-10.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.8%-12.1%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 Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 14 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
61350

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