| | Chico, CA | Hayden, ID | United States |
| Overall | 110.3 | 115.9 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100 |
| Health | 120.8 | 105.0 | 100 |
| Housing | 145.5 | 177.2 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $440,000 | $556,800 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 11,080.0% | 8,010.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 84.9 | 86.3 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 115.1 | 91.2 | 100 |
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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
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
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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Hayden is a beautiful place with wretched weather. Cold, dreary, grey days are the norm from late Oct to late May. There is no “Spring” in Hayden. It can barely eeek out More
Hayden is beautiful, but all of North Idaho is getting very crowded. Wages are low; cost of living has gotten pretty high. Maybe we just have bad luck, but we live in a More
Its a beautiful city, people,are very friendly, wages are low housing high, and the courts are the worst they will put you in jail and throw the book at you. Crime rate More
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