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Upstate New York migration to Washington State and Oregon, can someone tell me which of these areas has more opportunity, are there many people from Upstate New York in Washington State and Oregon, which area has the best job market, which of these area have the best quality of life, which has the best education. I will like to hear from you guys.
I would need more information to help you. Oregon for the most part has one of the worst job markets in the country(unemployment is 10.5%, Portland a little over 9%), but depending on your field, could be much better. Washington near Seattle is an Engineering and Comp Sci hotspot, but the cost of living compared to upstate New York would be significantly higher. Eastern WA is mostly farming, with a few Engineering Jobs in the bigger cities(Tri-Cities, Spokane, Pullman for education/research). To be perfectly honest, I think there's a lot of potential in Upstate NY, particularly Rochester, Binghamton, and Syracuse, but if you wanted a change of scenery, I'd stick to either the Portland or Seattle areas.
Portland Oregon job market is very bad for anything above minimum wage.
And, it's the best in the state.
Don't move here unless you have money or already have a job lined up.
Seriously.
I can't tell you how many "dreamers" move here and end up stuck on welfare or just go back where they came from.
I don't know what kind of BS all you people back east are being fed, but the job market and economy are really bad here.
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Job market in a lot of NY is not very good. It really depends on what you do. From what I've heard though, central NY around Syracuse is doing real well.
I don't know much about Washington other than it's really expensive to live there. And Oregon's job market is in the ditches right now.
As far as education I'm not certain. I'll go out on a limb and say New York for higher education. Colleges are everywhere in the state, even in the most backwoods rural areas you can get to a college.
Quality of life is always in the eye of the beholder. Whether you prefer rural, urban, or a mixture I'd say all three states are tied with plenty of each.
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