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Portland, OR vs St. Paul, MN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in St. Paul has been positive.
- St. Paul has 2.0% more unemployment than Portland.
- St. Paul job growth has increased by 7.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Portland, ORSt. Paul, MNUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.4%35.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.8%-3.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.6%-2.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%0.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.8%7.9%6.3%

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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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Reviews for St. Paul    24 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

St Paul is a nice city to live, especially for raising a family. I am a transplant, moving here 33 years ago at the age of 26. I am self employed in the remodeling  More

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Over 6 years ago

I have lived in Minnesota my whole life and I’m 50+. As you get older the humidity is unbearable and the mosquitoes seem to get bigger?! I can count on one hand how  More

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Over 7 years ago

The MPA community is the most at home I have ever felt.  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
55106, 55117, 55104, 55119, 55105, 55116, 55102, 55130, 55108, 55107, 14 total

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