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Mercer Island, WA vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sunnyvale has been positive.
- Sunnyvale has 1.5% more unemployment than Mercer Island.
- Sunnyvale job growth has increased by 15.5% in the past 10 years.
 Mercer Island, WASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.4%3.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.5%41.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.2%-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%-5.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.8%-2.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth18.4%15.5%6.3%
Reviews for Mercer Island    4 Reviews

Mercer Island is a wonderful family community. It feels much more "small town" than a city even though it has a population of 20,000+. People say hello and watch out  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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