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Jamestown, NY vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 1.2% more unemployment than Jamestown.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.
 Jamestown, NYPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth11.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-18.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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