2025 Compare Cities Health:
Columbia, MD vs Palm Springs, CA

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Highlights
- There are 99 physicians per 100,000 people in Palm Springs.
- There are 454 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbia.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Columbia, MDPalm Springs, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock75.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)50  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.454  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock88100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Palm Springs    12 Reviews

I lived in Palm Springs for 12 years and initially it appeared to be quite beautiful. The mountains are beautiful and palm trees, very stress-free and manageable.  More

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Over 5 years ago

14 years is plenty long enough. This is a nice place to visit, not live. In the last 20 years the air quality, especially in the summer has deteriorated considerably.  More

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Ghetto Crime City with lots of glitz... Police do nothing. Called 911 three times in a year: twice, no response. Provided the license plate of the criminals in two  More

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