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Houston, TX vs Fountain, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fountain has been positive.
- Fountain has 1.4% more unemployment than Houston.
- Fountain job growth has increased by 18.7% in the past 10 years.
 Houston, TXFountain, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%50.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%1.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%12.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%18.7%6.3%
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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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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