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Alamosa, CO vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Salem has been positive.
- Salem has 0.7% more unemployment than Alamosa.
- Salem job growth has increased by 12.1% in the past 10 years.
 Alamosa, COSalem, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth49.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock6.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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