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Rochester, MN vs Springfield, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Springfield has been positive.
- Springfield has 3.5% less unemployment than Rochester.
- Springfield job growth has increased by 10.1% in the past 10 years.
 Rochester, MNSpringfield, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.6%7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.7%22.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-0.9%-7.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-8.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.0%-9.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%-10.1%6.3%
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 Springfield    25 Reviews

I've lived here for over 40 years. Springfield is a decent place to raise a family. Solid midwestern values, and I've always felt safe. Opportunities exist, but there  More

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I moved (back) to Springfield after living in various cities and towns around the country - as large as Milwaukee, as small as Baker, NV - and can say without  More

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hugh · 
Over 3 years ago

whole town smells like dirty ***** and  More

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