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Fort Dodge, IA vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fort Collins has been positive.
- Fort Collins has 0.7% less unemployment than Fort Dodge.
- Fort Collins job growth has increased by 21.5% in the past 10 years.
 Fort Dodge, IAFort Collins, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth17.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock7.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-5.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Fort Dodge    4 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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Over 15 years ago

I see that everyone is rather hard on Fort Dodge. I grew up and lived there until I married and (like a failed pioneer) moved east to Gettysburg, Pa. It was the best  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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