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Meridian, ID vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Phoenix has been positive.
- Phoenix has 3.2% less unemployment than Meridian.
- Phoenix job growth has increased by 22.6% in the past 10 years.
 Meridian, IDPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.4%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth57.5%48.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-1.6%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth15.9%4.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth31.6%11.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth66.0%22.6%6.3%
Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 6 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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