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Boston, MA vs Redwood City, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Redwood City has been positive.
- Redwood City has 1.8% more unemployment than Boston.
- Redwood City job growth has increased by 17.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Boston, MARedwood City, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.2%4.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.5%37.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.1%-9.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-6.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.7%-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.4%17.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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Reviews for Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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ZIPS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
02124, 02128, 02135, 02130, 02127, 02125, 02136, 02131, 02115, 02126, 30 total
ZIPS IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA
94061 94063 94062 94065

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