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Elko, NV vs Santa Maria, CA

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Highlights
- There are 216 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Maria.
- There are 104 physicians per 100,000 people in Elko.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Elko, NVSanta Maria, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock70.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)47  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock95.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.104  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock96100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

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

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Over 16 years ago

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

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Over 17 years ago

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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Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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