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La Grande, OR vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bay City has been positive.
- Bay City has 0.8% less unemployment than La Grande.
- Bay City job growth has increased by 8.3% in the past 10 years.
 La Grande, ORBay City, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for La Grande    6 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

When I moved to LaGrande in 2018, my son decided to go to college there. If you are curious about the EOU education, it's what a kid makes of it. He completed a degree  More

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Over 3 years ago

Don’t be fooled by thinking that scenery equals a good place to live. The town is too isolated to be this small with an over abundance of small minded, ignorant people  More

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Growing up in a different small town and making the journey to La Grande for college (home of Eastern Oregon University), I found the migration to La Grande's community  More

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Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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