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Redwood City, CA vs Houston, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Houston has been positive.
- Houston has 3.6% less unemployment than Redwood City.
- Houston job growth has increased by 6.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Redwood City, CAHouston, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.4%8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.0%30.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.5%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%-3.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.1%-4.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.9%6.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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ZIPS IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA
94061 94063 94062 94065
ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total

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