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Mesa, AZ vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Palo Alto has been positive.
- Palo Alto has 2.6% more unemployment than Mesa.
- Palo Alto job growth has increased by 7.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Mesa, AZPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.1%3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.1%40.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth5.3%-7.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth14.2%-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth24.4%7.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 1 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 16 years ago

Very  More

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Over 17 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total
ZIPS IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
94306 94301 94304

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