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Bend, OR vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sunnyvale has been positive.
- Sunnyvale has 2.1% more unemployment than Bend.
- Sunnyvale job growth has increased by 15.5% in the past 10 years.
 Bend, ORSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.0%3.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth57.7%41.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.7%-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.8%-5.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth15.5%-2.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth34.4%15.5%6.3%
Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 3 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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