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Galax, VA vs Gastonia, NC

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Highlights
- There are 172 physicians per 100,000 people in Gastonia.
- There are 665 physicians per 100,000 people in Galax.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Galax, VAGastonia, NCUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock47.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)100  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock74.186.9
 Physicians per Cap.665  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock101100
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Reviews for Galax    5 Reviews

We moved here 8 years ago from Ohio and love it. We find the people very friendly, the climate nice, and the mountains beautiful. It isn't for everyone as there isn't  More

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Over 10 years ago

nice place to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

Bring your own job (and hopefully a few more), make friends, enlarge your cultural horizons and you will find Galax and Grayson County most agreeable. Inexpensive  More

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Reviews for Gastonia    11 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

This city is about Greed. Council does not care about the citizens. The only hospital pays the city millions so they can be on hospital. Quality of care I rate a 2. Low  More

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Over 7 years ago

I AMFROM FLORIDA THE SUNSHINE STATE AND I AM LOOKING TO MAKE A MOVE TOWARD GASTONIA, NC. I AM A SINGLE PARENT OF 4 AND FEEL THAT THE RIGHT MOVE FOR MY FAMILY WOULD BE  More

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Over 17 years ago

The schools are overcrowded but the county is trying to rectify the situation by building new  More

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