| | Santa Fe, NM | Taft, CA | United States |
| Overall | 112.0 | 99.8 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 101.0 | 95.6 | 100 |
| Health | 82.2 | 91.6 | 100 |
| Housing | 161.1 | 55.0 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $541,100 | $181,400 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,960.0% | 11,020.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 80.2 | 103.7 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 107.6 | 111.0 | 100 |
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Reviews for Santa Fe 
55 Reviews
I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American, More
Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect.
Love the climate. 306 days of More
The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city More
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I’ve lived here over 50 years. It use to be a wonderful place to grow up with a thriving downtown and jobs were plentiful. This is no longer the case in Taft. Jobs are More
I've lived in Taft for over 5 years. It's a nice community and very friendly people as long as you get involved, either through school or local churches. I've met many More
the city of taft is located in southern California,a small community yet just 20 minutes from a large and thriving city "bakersfield" over 300000 people .amazingly you More
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