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Fort Smith, AR vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- There are 191 physicians per 100,000 people in Ottumwa.
- There are 279 physicians per 100,000 people in Fort Smith.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Fort Smith, AROttumwa, IAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock72.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)52  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock6286.9
 Physicians per Cap.279  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock129100
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Reviews for Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 16 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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