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Fayetteville, NC vs New Orleans, LA

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Is it cheaper to live in New Orleans or is it cheaper to live in Fayetteville?
- New Orleans is 24.8% more expensive than Fayetteville.

Which city has more affordable housing, New Orleans or Fayetteville?
- New Orleans housing costs are 69.2% more expensive than Fayetteville housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Fayetteville or is Health Care more affordable in New Orleans.
- Health related expenses are 11.2% less in New Orleans.
 Fayetteville, NCNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock101.6100
 Food & Groceries94.0  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock101.9100
 Housing51.6  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$256,000$338,100
 Utilities98  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock132.5100
 Miscellaneous100.7  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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