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Fort Collins, CO vs Healdsburg, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Healdsburg or is it cheaper to live in Fort Collins?
- Healdsburg is 31.2% more expensive than Fort Collins.

Which city has more affordable housing, Healdsburg or Fort Collins?
- Healdsburg housing costs are 84.7% more expensive than Fort Collins housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Fort Collins or is Health Care more affordable in Healdsburg.
- Health related expenses are 26.1% more in Healdsburg.
 Fort Collins, COHealdsburg, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock151.8100
 Food & Groceries101.1  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock110.3100
 Housing167.2  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$1,011,700$338,100
 Utilities91  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock102.9100
 Miscellaneous152.5  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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Reviews for Healdsburg    6 Reviews

The posted 71% statistic for registered Democrat voters is completely wrong per our County's Registrar's office. The October 21, 2016 actual statistics follow:   More

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Over 14 years ago

Unfriendly, overpriced....who could ever afford to live here other than the ever-growing number of creepy uber-wealthy snobs? The crazy funnny part is that California's  More

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It's beautiful here. But this particular city is geared toward the wealthy and the tourists. It didn't used to be... but at a certain point 20 years ago, the city made a  More

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