2025 Compare Cities Health:
Bay City, OR vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- There are 237 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Cruz.
- There are 156 physicians per 100,000 people in Bay City.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Bay City, ORSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock72.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock92.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.156  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock99100
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Reviews for Bay City    2 Reviews

Housing is cheap and there is no sales  More

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Over 18 years ago

If you want to live at the coast near Tillamook then Bay City is the best option. Its closer to shopping but away from the smell and it gets the most sun in this  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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