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Roseville, CA vs Mountain View, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mountain View has been positive.
- Mountain View has 1.7% more unemployment than Roseville.
- Mountain View job growth has increased by 18.3% in the past 10 years.
 Roseville, CAMountain View, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth16.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Roseville    18 Reviews

Roseville, Ca is a nice place to live but you have to be able to afford it. It is at least 40% more expensive to live here than most places. It is cram packed with  More

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Cost of living is high and getting higher like everywhere else. I can't afford to live in CA anymore. People are nice  More

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Over 11 years ago

Roseville is an very nice small/medium sized city; a suburb of Sacramento, which is not (a nice city). Sacramento is a toilet. Roseville is clean, moderately  More

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Reviews for Mountain View    15 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

It’s  More

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I've lived here 25 years. Perfect climate. Very central for employment opportunities. Really great schools. 45 min to San Fran, 45 min to Santa Cruz beach. Shoreline  More

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Over 16 years ago

I was born and raised in Mountain View. I used to really like this city, and California. Unfortunately, the city (along with the state) has been over run with high  More

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