| | Elko, NV | Bemidji, MN | United States |
| Overall | 100.9 | 78.7 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 92.2 | 97.5 | 100 |
| Health | 124.4 | 76.0 | 100 |
| Housing | 104.4 | 54.7 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $301,300 | $180,500 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,320.0% | 8,920.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 92.6 | 62.9 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 88.2 | 98.0 | 100 |
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Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like More
Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live More
Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted More
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Cons. Winter is long, very cold. Not a lot to do (unless you are very into the outdoors) Health care is TERRIBLE. Decent job opportunities are very low. Not the safest More
Bemidji, Minn., is home to Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, USA curling teams and more art and theater than you'd think possible in a city of 13,000-plus. Downtown More
Winters here can be very cold and you can generally look for a good amount of snow for winter More
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