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Oakland Park, FL vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 1.6% less unemployment than Oakland Park.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.
 Oakland Park, FLPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth8.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Oakland Park    2 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in Oakland Park for 10 years originally from the East coast. What I like about Oakland Park although it is city within metro Fort Lauderdale it still has a  More

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Over 16 years ago

You are living in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. It's the city, so you get all the good and all of the bad of city life. I'm not saying we are big like NYC or  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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