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Spokane, WA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbia has been positive.
- Columbia has 2.1% more unemployment than Spokane.
- Columbia job growth has increased by 15.4% in the past 10 years.
 Spokane, WAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Spokane    146 Reviews

Lived here all of my life. I've visited enough cities to understand that Spokane could be so much better, but it falls short in many ways. Its car-oriented development  More

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Over 3 years ago

I lived in the Spokane area for 35 years. It has its positives and negatives. Be sure and pick a safe community to live in. Rural areas are rather scary. Too many  More

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I've lived in Spokane for over 5 years after moving here from the Vancouver area for a job. I miss Western Washington. Home buying: When I first moved here, you could  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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