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Biddeford, ME vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 3.1% less unemployment than Biddeford.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Biddeford, MEPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.4%8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.2%26.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.1%-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.0%-4.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.3%-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.7%-5.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Biddeford    3 Reviews

The cost of living in Maine is very high. I moved to Biddeford from Boston so we could afford to buy our first home. We had just had a baby and felt it was important to  More

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Over 16 years ago

I don't live in Biddeford, but I visit frequently and it is a nice little Maine town. It has a little of the strip growth and still maintains the older part of town.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Was big in sheeting and blankets. Very large portionof the people are  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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ZIPS IN BIDDEFORD, MAINE
04005 04006
ZIPS IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
12601

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