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Rochester, NY vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 4.6% more unemployment than Rochester.
- Portland job growth has increased by 0.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Rochester, NYPortland, MEUnited States
 Current Unemployment9.8%5.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth20.4%39.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.2%-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%-6.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-6.0%-3.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.2%-0.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 6 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
14609, 14621, 14620, 14611, 14607, 14615, 14619, 14610, 14613, 14605, 14 total
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, MAINE
04103 04102 04101 04108 04109 04019

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