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Phoenix, AZ vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Overland Park has been positive.
- Overland Park has 3.6% more unemployment than Phoenix.
- Overland Park job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Phoenix, AZOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.6%3.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth48.2%35.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-2.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth4.3%0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth11.9%4.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth22.6%14.4%6.3%
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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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

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Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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