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Portland, OR vs Santa Clara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Clara has been positive.
- Santa Clara has 2.5% more unemployment than Portland.
- Santa Clara job growth has increased by 18.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Portland, ORSanta Clara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%4.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.4%39.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.8%-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.6%-2.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%0.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.8%18.6%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 Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 9 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
95051 95050 95054 95053

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