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Friday Harbor, WA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Scottsdale has been positive.
- Scottsdale has 1.5% more unemployment than Friday Harbor.
- Scottsdale job growth has increased by 25.3% in the past 10 years.
 Friday Harbor, WAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock13.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

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Reviews for Scottsdale    84 Reviews

It's been a long time since I visited Scottsdale after visiting a few times a decade ago. It used to be more of an area that deserved it's punchlines for being stuck up  More

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Over 1 years ago

My son went to ASU in '99 which is how we ended up here from Northern Illinois. Over the years we came out for vacations and bought a second home until we finally made  More

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I lived in San Jose for 30 years...in the late '50s. I walked thru cherry orchards to school. After college classes, I drove 20 minutes to the beach. San Francisco was  More

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