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Diamond Bar, CA vs Lancaster, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Lancaster or is it cheaper to live in Diamond Bar?
- Lancaster is 0.0% more expensive than Diamond Bar.

Which city has more affordable housing, Lancaster or Diamond Bar?
- Lancaster housing costs are 52.1% less expensive than Diamond Bar housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Diamond Bar or is Health Care more affordable in Lancaster.
- Health related expenses are 2.5% more in Lancaster.
 Diamond Bar, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock161.7100
 Food & Groceries103.2  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock88.9100
 Housing275.7  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$415,800$338,100
 Utilities104  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock119.2100
 Miscellaneous133.4  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Diamond Bar    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Beautiful city and great place to raise a family. The worst part of Diamond Bar would be some of the best places to live in other cities. Diamond Bar has some of the  More

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Over 14 years ago

The city is centrally located to riverside, San Bernardino, Orange County and Downtown La. It is very scenic with beautiful hills, great schools and within easy reach,  More

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Over 15 years ago

This is a very quiet area about 30 mile east of downtown Los Angeles. I'm a bit concerned about what effect a possible new NFL stadium in the City of Industry CA will  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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