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Antioch, IL vs Lake Forest, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Lake Forest or is it cheaper to live in Antioch?
- Lake Forest is 70.0% more expensive than Antioch.

Which city has more affordable housing, Lake Forest or Antioch?
- Lake Forest housing costs are 255.9% more expensive than Antioch housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Antioch or is Health Care more affordable in Lake Forest.
- Health related expenses are 3.0% less in Lake Forest.
 Antioch, ILLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock164.9100
 Food & Groceries96.3  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock93.4100
 Housing84.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$937,500$338,100
 Utilities95  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock111.6100
 Miscellaneous141.1  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Antioch    3 Reviews

I've lived here since the population was 6,100. Now it's around 13,000 in town. Very small town. Generations, mostly white republicans are rooted here 2-3 families deep.  More

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I've lived here since the population was 6,100. Now it's around 13,000 in town. Very small town. Generations, mostly white republicans are rooted here 2-3 families deep.  More

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Over 19 years ago

This community is half between Chicago and Milwaukee along the Illinois-Wisconsin border. It is a small but growing community considered part of the greater Chicagoland  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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