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Watsonville, CA vs Albuquerque, NM

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Albuquerque has been positive.
- Albuquerque has 11.6% more unemployment than Watsonville.
- Albuquerque job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Watsonville, CAAlbuquerque, NMUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth23.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Watsonville    3 Reviews

We live in a nice area and love the climate but cost of living have gotten way out of hand. Vandals walk around smashing windows over and over without getting  More

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the cost of housing is slightly more affordable (just slightly). Close to the beach and near perfect weather. Especially during summer when it was 107 in San Jose' it  More

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Over 19 years ago

Nice neighborhood, but since moving here we have not felt a sense of  More

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Reviews for Albuquerque    253 Reviews

We made reservations for hotel and flights for a convention located in Old Town Albuquerque NM. When preparing for our trip we found that the city of Albuquerque has no  More

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i'm from albuquerque. born here, raised in denver, moved back at 11. it's cool, there's a lot of great restaurants, the people are friendly, the vibe is laid-back, it's  More

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Over 2 years ago

I love Albuquerque! It’s an interesting place with a lot of history and interesting things to  More

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