| | Watertown, SD | Hastings, NE | United States |
| Overall | 84.5 | 79.4 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 100.4 | 94.8 | 100 |
| Health | 120.8 | 150.5 | 100 |
| Housing | 75.8 | 46.7 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $254,200 | $159,800 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 8,840.0% | 8,860.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 59.3 | 60.4 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 78.9 | 119.5 | 100 |
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Reviews for Watertown 
5 Reviews
Let me start by saying that I've lived all over the US and spent 3 years in Watertown. On the positive side, Watertown has a lot to offer for a town of 22,000 people. More
Many lakes with in driving distances and many public hunting areas but if your looking for the night life its not here this is a small town More
Watertown in general has alot of old people, if your in Downtown and watch cars go by it seems as though every other car has a elderly person in it. But apart from all More
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Reviews for Hastings 
3 Reviews
The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller More
Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen More
Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide More
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