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California City, CA vs Anderson, SC

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Is it cheaper to live in Anderson or is it cheaper to live in California City?
- Anderson is 12.1% less expensive than California City.

Which city has more affordable housing, Anderson or California City?
- Anderson housing costs are 11.6% less expensive than California City housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in California City or is Health Care more affordable in Anderson.
- Health related expenses are 27.2% more in Anderson.
 California City, CAAnderson, SCUnited States
 Overall  Unlock87.7100
 Food & Groceries97.3  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock116.5100
 Housing75.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$222,900$338,100
 Utilities118  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock73.7100
 Miscellaneous111.0  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for California City    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

My husband and I moved here in Nov 2014 from San Bernardino and we moved here for one reason, we got an enormous house with lots of land and no neighbors for $64,200. No  More

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California City, CA is a wonderful diverse community that is ever growing, in population and home values. Living here over many months and researching here over 4  More

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Over 9 years ago

Living in Cal City 5+ years I can say this: There are nicer areas than others and I lucked out. My street is quiet, have had no problems and neighbors are nice. There  More

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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 16 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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