| Columbia, MO | Tucson, AZ | United States |
Overall | 90.0 | 97.0 | 100 |
Food & Groceries | 98.3 | 95.5 | 100 |
Health | 124.8 | 85.4 | 100 |
Housing | 78.7 | 93.2 | 100 |
Median Home Cost | $269,200 | $303,400 | $338,100 |
Utilities | 9,720.0% | 9,940.0% | 10,000.0% |
Transportation | 73.8 | 96.6 | 100 |
Miscellaneous | 101.1 | 98.6 | 100 |
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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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
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
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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I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in.
There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas, More
I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a More
Almost eight years and this place still hasn't grown on me. Or my spouse. The summers are oppressive, and the winters (thanks, climate change!) are now wet even though More
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