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Columbus, OH vs Portales, NM

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Highlights
- There are 84 physicians per 100,000 people in Portales.
- There are 275 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbus.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Columbus, OHPortales, NMUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock70.958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)49  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock96.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.275  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock85100
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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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