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Santa Rosa, CA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 0.7% less unemployment than Santa Rosa.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Santa Rosa, CAPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.2%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.9%42.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.7%-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.5%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.0%11.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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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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ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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