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St. Louis, MO vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rochester has been positive.
- Rochester has 2.7% more unemployment than St. Louis.
- Rochester job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.

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 St. Louis, MORochester, MNUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.3%3.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth23.9%34.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.9%-0.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.4%2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-6.5%7.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.2%14.4%6.3%

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Reviews for St. Louis    113 Reviews

I'm 65 and lived here my entire life. Growing up in St. Louis I've learned there is a like to like about it. Lots of first class Hospitals and Doctors, LOTS of great  More

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This is an outsider's perspective on St. Louis. Sometimes a fresh perspective looking in from the outside is helpful. I don't live there as of this writing (Dec 22) but  More

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Over 2 years ago

I have travelled extensively and have lived in several other cities around the country. I chose to live in St. Louis city because it has many big city amenities with an  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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ZIPS IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
63116, 63118, 63109, 63139, 63111, 63108, 63104, 63112, 63115, 63110, 19 total
ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905

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