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New Orleans, LA vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 5.8% more unemployment than New Orleans.
- Portland job growth has increased by 0.2% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 New Orleans, LAPortland, MEUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.0%5.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.1%39.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%-6.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%-3.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%-0.2%6.3%

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, MAINE
04103 04102 04101 04108 04109 04019

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