| | Cortez, CO | Carlsbad, NM | United States |
| Overall | 92.6 | 77.9 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 100.2 | 92.7 | 100 |
| Health | 80.2 | 86.1 | 100 |
| Housing | 78.0 | 50.7 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $276,800 | $183,800 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,610.0% | 8,710.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 74.3 | 69.9 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 98.8 | 83.5 | 100 |
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Reviews for Cortez 
6 Reviews
A digital nomad / nature lover's sunny, perfect weather paradise, at half the cost of touristy Durango. Cortez is Colorado's under-the-radar town that's mostly only More
I moved out to Cortez, Colorado after a 30 day trip around the US. Of all the places I visited, this was the place I deemed best to move for a multitude of reasons. It More
I've live on this area and cannot recommend it to anyone. Cortez and Montezuma county are horrible. School are bad. After meeting several local teachers I am surprised More
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Reviews for Carlsbad 
15 Reviews
We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly More
Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy More
I've lived here ten years and hate it. It's an oilfield town and they take advantage of that by doing a lot of price gouging... it's very difficult to find reasonably More
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