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Spokane, WA vs Maricopa, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Maricopa has been positive.
- Maricopa has 0.2% more unemployment than Spokane.
- Maricopa job growth has increased by 24.1% in the past 10 years.
 Spokane, WAMaricopa, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock11.8%-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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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 Maricopa    9 Reviews

I can safely say that Central Arizona is a fast growing area alongside Buckeye in the West. As East Valley prices are spiraling out of control currently and has become  More

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I have recently visited Maricopa City to visit some of my family that were priced out of the East Valley Area. I can say that Maricopa City has things people are used to  More

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As someone who used to visit my Aunt out in Maricopa for days on end and play with my cousins back in the day, it was a sleepy town with not much retail, not much  More

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