| | Carlsbad, NM | Sedona, AZ | United States |
| Overall | 77.9 | 114.1 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 92.7 | 104.6 | 100 |
| Health | 86.1 | 129.5 | 100 |
| Housing | 50.7 | 238.6 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $183,800 | $866,900 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 8,710.0% | 10,360.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 69.9 | 81.4 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 83.5 | 90.2 | 100 |
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Reviews for Carlsbad 
15 Reviews
We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly More
Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy More
I've lived here ten years and hate it. It's an oilfield town and they take advantage of that by doing a lot of price gouging... it's very difficult to find reasonably More
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Sedona was a great place to live back in the 90's. Its still very good but has now been ruined by tourists. Most of the tourists come from Southern California and More
Sedona is an absolutely ****ty and overrated place to live in. The people there are nasty to the tourists and there is barely any good food in the grocery stores. We More
I LOVE Sedona. I believe most people living here do too. I think this site mixed up part of the description with Flagstaff’s since it says some of the same. Hopefully More
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