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Columbia, MO vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- There are 165 physicians per 100,000 people in Rock Island.
- There are 430 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbia.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Columbia, MORock Island, ILUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock72.958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.186.9
 Physicians per Cap.430  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock107100
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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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