2025 Compare Cities Health:
Fairfax, VA vs Palm Springs, CA

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Highlights
- There are 99 physicians per 100,000 people in Palm Springs.
- There are 13 physicians per 100,000 people in Fairfax.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Fairfax, VAPalm Springs, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock75.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.13  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock88100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Palm Springs    12 Reviews

I lived in Palm Springs for 12 years and initially it appeared to be quite beautiful. The mountains are beautiful and palm trees, very stress-free and manageable.  More

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Over 5 years ago

14 years is plenty long enough. This is a nice place to visit, not live. In the last 20 years the air quality, especially in the summer has deteriorated considerably.  More

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Ghetto Crime City with lots of glitz... Police do nothing. Called 911 three times in a year: twice, no response. Provided the license plate of the criminals in two  More

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