| | Longview, WA | Columbia, MD | United States |
| Overall | 102.5 | 127.9 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 99.5 | 104.5 | 100 |
| Health | 101.7 | 86.5 | 100 |
| Housing | 113.5 | 142.9 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $337,500 | $441,800 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 6,720.0% | 10,970.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 90.0 | 107.9 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 101.7 | 151.6 | 100 |
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Reviews for Longview 
11 Reviews
Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland.
Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a More
I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine"
Customer service is the More
a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut More
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Reviews for Columbia 
28 Reviews
Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice More
Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years More
Columbia can be described in one word: unequal.
The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long More
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