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Lewiston, ME vs Biddeford, ME

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Biddeford has been positive.
- Biddeford has 0.3% more unemployment than Lewiston.
- Biddeford job growth has increased by 0.7% in the past 10 years.
 Lewiston, MEBiddeford, MEUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-1.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  More

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Reviews for Biddeford    3 Reviews

The cost of living in Maine is very high. I moved to Biddeford from Boston so we could afford to buy our first home. We had just had a baby and felt it was important to  More

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Over 17 years ago

I don't live in Biddeford, but I visit frequently and it is a nice little Maine town. It has a little of the strip growth and still maintains the older part of town.  More

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Over 19 years ago

Was big in sheeting and blankets. Very large portionof the people are  More

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