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Rochester, MN vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in San Jose has been positive.
- San Jose has 2.0% less unemployment than Rochester.
- San Jose job growth has increased by 13.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Rochester, MNSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.6%5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.7%38.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-0.9%-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-6.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.0%-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%13.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
95123, 95127, 95111, 95112, 95122, 95116, 95125, 95124, 95148, 95136, 31 total

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