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East Islip, NY vs Media, PA

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Is it cheaper to live in Media or is it cheaper to live in East Islip?
- Media is 27.3% less expensive than East Islip.

Which city has more affordable housing, Media or East Islip?
- Media housing costs are 7.8% less expensive than East Islip housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in East Islip or is Health Care more affordable in Media.
- Health related expenses are 19.3% less in Media.
 East Islip, NYMedia, PAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock106.9100
 Food & Groceries106.3  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock101.0100
 Housing175.4  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$535,200$338,100
 Utilities125  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock117.6100
 Miscellaneous154.3  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for East Islip    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 12 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 18 years ago

Nice place to live good schools friendly neighborhood lots to do and  More

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Reviews for Media    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Media, Pa has easy access to major highways and the rail system, which makes it easy to get to downtown Philadelphia. Rail takes about the same amount of time but there  More

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