| | Hilo, HI | Missoula, MT | United States |
| Overall | 131.9 | 112.8 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 152.2 | 103.9 | 100 |
| Health | 99.7 | 101.7 | 100 |
| Housing | 135.3 | 157.5 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $463,400 | $512,500 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 19,390.0% | 8,550.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 85.3 | 77.6 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 108.3 | 111.8 | 100 |
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If you’re looking at Hilo, then you’re likely being recruited in the medical or education fields. These are where the greatest needs of the community lie, and there are More
I enjoyed living in Hawaii County for a number of years, most in Hilo. While Hilo has problems, they are few compared to mainland USA. I never experienced racism by More
Too much racism from "native Hawaiians" who aren't actually natives.
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I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out More
I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking More
I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family More
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