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Fountain, CO vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Cruz has been positive.
- Santa Cruz has 2.1% more unemployment than Fountain.
- Santa Cruz job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Fountain, COSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.6%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth50.7%33.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-9.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.4%-9.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth12.5%-7.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth18.7%1.4%6.3%
Reviews for Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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