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Saginaw, MI vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Chico has been positive.
- Chico has 6.1% more unemployment than Saginaw.
- Chico job growth has increased by 14.8% in the past 10 years.
 Saginaw, MIChico, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth16.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock5.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-5.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Saginaw    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I have been here a hot min (since birth). it ain't that bad. there is a lot to like if you ain't mad all of the time.  More

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Over 9 years ago

I've lived in Saginaw and completely hated it. Dilapidated buildings throughout the city that are being used for crack smokers, drug deals, and other criminal  More

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Pros: Cost of Living. This is probably one of the cheapest areas in the country. Cons: Local government has outrageous taxes and fees. No jobs, CRIME!!!!, no  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 4 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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