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Decatur, TN vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Salem has been positive.
- Salem has 0.0% more unemployment than Decatur.
- Salem job growth has increased by 12.1% in the past 10 years.
 Decatur, TNSalem, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock6.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Decatur    2 Reviews

We need more places to eat and buy groceries, we are lossing a lot of sale tax money from people going to Athens and other near by  More

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Over 19 years ago

We need a judge who will quit slapping meth cooks and users/sellers on the wrist and putting them back on the street with little fine or jail time or community  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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