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Chico, CA vs Happy Valley, OR

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Is it cheaper to live in Happy Valley or is it cheaper to live in Chico?
- Happy Valley is 21.2% more expensive than Chico.

Which city has more affordable housing, Happy Valley or Chico?
- Happy Valley housing costs are 47.1% more expensive than Chico housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Chico or is Health Care more affordable in Happy Valley.
- Health related expenses are 24.5% less in Happy Valley.
 Chico, CAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Overall  Unlock133.7100
 Food & Groceries102.0  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock91.2100
 Housing145.5  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$668,900$338,100
 Utilities111  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock134.9100
 Miscellaneous115.1  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 14 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 15 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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