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Boston, MA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- There are 238 physicians per 100,000 people in Poughkeepsie.
- There are 554 physicians per 100,000 people in Boston.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Boston, MAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock46.958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)1  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock70.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.554  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock112100
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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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