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Damascus, OR vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lake Oswego has been positive.
- Lake Oswego has 1.6% more unemployment than Damascus.
- Lake Oswego job growth has increased by 8.2% in the past 10 years.
 Damascus, ORLake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth43.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Damascus    1 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Damascus is a small rural community that recently was voted in with a city government. Residential housing includes site less than one acre of land to some as much as  More

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Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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