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Fairfax, VA vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston spends 7.7% more per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Charleston than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax

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 Fairfax, VACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,573$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085$12,188$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,083$6,530$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 12.9116.23

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030
ZIPS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29412, 29414, 29407, 29403, 29455, 29492, 29401, 29450, 29409, 29424, 10 total

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