| | Dover, DE | South Bend, IN | United States |
| Overall | 99.0 | 79.0 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 103.4 | 89.6 | 100 |
| Health | 112.3 | 93.5 | 100 |
| Housing | 76.7 | 47.5 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $279,600 | $161,900 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,310.0% | 8,960.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 85.5 | 77.2 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 95.9 | 94.9 | 100 |
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other More
Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in More
Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I More
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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem More
I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence. More
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