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Portland, MI vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rochester has been positive.
- Rochester has 1.1% more unemployment than Portland.
- Rochester job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Portland, MIRochester, MNUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock7.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Portland    3 Reviews

Arrogant and ignorant- They believe nowhere is better than Portland and that they are some of the best people you could ever be around which tells you how small their  More

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Over 7 years ago

I live in Alabama, but spent several years in the Portland, Michigan area. Portland is an amazingly beautiful town on two rivers. The town has an awesome walking trail  More

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Over 7 years ago

I live in Alabama, but spent several years in the Portland, Michigan area. Portland is an amazingly beautiful town on two rivers. The town has an awesome walking trail  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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