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Raton, NM vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Alamosa has been positive.
- Alamosa has 0.2% more unemployment than Raton.
- Alamosa job growth has increased by 13.1% in the past 10 years.
 Raton, NMAlamosa, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth9.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-10.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock8.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-16.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Raton    4 Reviews

Despite the unfortunate experience of one family that wrote three different reviews, Raton if the smart choice for both affordability and the relaxed lifestyle of a  More

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Wow when I moved here I thought what a beautiful place to live, until I heard the second and third graders swearing at each other at the bus stop and broke up three  More

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Well Raton does. The teacher's do not have a dress code. Yet the students are not allowed to wear headband's in the middle school or hoodies. I guess some students were  More

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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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