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Fairfax, VA vs Silverthorne, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Silverthorne has been positive.
- Silverthorne has 0.1% more unemployment than Fairfax.
- Silverthorne job growth has increased by 14.2% in the past 10 years.
 Fairfax, VASilverthorne, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-10.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Silverthorne    2 Reviews

We've lived here 2 1/2 years, three winters now, and although I'm not a huge fan of winter, and there's a lot of it here, at least there are really fun things to do. We  More

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Over 19 years ago

Silverthorne is a great place to live, but the cost of housing and living has recently put a big separation between the working class and the rest of the  More

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