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Evanston, IL vs Sedona, AZ

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Is it cheaper to live in Sedona or is it cheaper to live in Evanston?
- Sedona is 7.9% more expensive than Evanston.

Which city has more affordable housing, Sedona or Evanston?
- Sedona housing costs are 53.5% more expensive than Evanston housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Evanston or is Health Care more affordable in Sedona.
- Health related expenses are 47.2% more in Sedona.
 Evanston, ILSedona, AZUnited States
 Overall  Unlock114.1100
 Food & Groceries100.9  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock129.5100
 Housing155.4  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$866,900$338,100
 Utilities95  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock81.4100
 Miscellaneous140.4  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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Reviews for Sedona    37 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Sedona was a great place to live back in the 90's. Its still very good but has now been ruined by tourists. Most of the tourists come from Southern California and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Sedona is an absolutely ****ty and overrated place to live in. The people there are nasty to the tourists and there is barely any good food in the grocery stores. We  More

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Over 5 years ago

I LOVE Sedona. I believe most people living here do too. I think this site mixed up part of the description with Flagstaff’s since it says some of the same. Hopefully  More

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