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Sunnyvale, CA vs Alturas, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Alturas has been positive.
- Alturas has 5.0% less unemployment than Sunnyvale.
- Alturas job growth has increased by 10.2% in the past 10 years.
 Sunnyvale, CAAlturas, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth41.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-1.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 14 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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