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Providence, RI vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 1.7% more unemployment than Providence.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Providence, RIPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.6%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.6%42.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.8%-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.7%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%11.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  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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ZIPS IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
02909 02908 02907 02906 02905 02903 02912
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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