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Houston, TX vs Placentia, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Placentia has been positive.
- Placentia has 1.5% more unemployment than Houston.
- Placentia job growth has increased by 2.3% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXPlacentia, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%6.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%31.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-9.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-9.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-8.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-2.3%6.3%

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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 Placentia    6 Reviews

I lived in that city for almost 10 years and recently found out that both their city government and their police force are blocking people from leaving bad reviews of  More

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Over 13 years ago

PLACENTIA IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. BEEN HERE SINCE 1980. EASY ACCESS TO FREEWAYS, PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES AROUND FOR EMPLOYMENT. NEARBY--GOLF  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you rent, Placentia's not bad. I haven't noticed too much crime but there are quite a few reasonable apartments. Being close to a California State School has its  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA
92870

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