| | Scottsdale, AZ | Folsom, CA | United States |
| Overall | 113.0 | 127.2 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 103.3 | 108.3 | 100 |
| Health | 92.5 | 104.0 | 100 |
| Housing | 230.9 | 234.8 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $721,200 | $723,000 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,240.0% | 10,450.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 109.2 | 117.4 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 105.9 | 129.3 | 100 |
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Reviews for Scottsdale 
83 Reviews
My son went to ASU in '99 which is how we ended up here from Northern Illinois. Over the years we came out for vacations and bought a second home until we finally made More
I lived in San Jose for 30 years...in the late '50s. I walked thru cherry orchards to school. After college classes, I drove 20 minutes to the beach. San Francisco was More
Pros: Livable weather 7 months a year, (Oct. 15-May 15), ample restaurants (though $$$$), resorts to stroll, if you golf, you'll be in heaven. Broad, tidy streets with More
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Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like More
Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude. More
I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog More
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