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Petaluma, CA vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Chico has been positive.
- Chico has 0.6% less unemployment than Petaluma.
- Chico job growth has increased by 14.8% in the past 10 years.
 Petaluma, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock5.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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