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Cape Girardeau, MO vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 3.1% less unemployment than Cape Girardeau.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Cape Girardeau, MOPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.8%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.4%42.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.2%-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.2%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.9%2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth3.5%11.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 11 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 15 years ago

It's a good mid sized  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 CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
63701 63703
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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