2025 Compare Cities Health:
Gastonia, NC vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- There are 376 physicians per 100,000 people in Portland.
- There are 172 physicians per 100,000 people in Gastonia.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Gastonia, NCPortland, ORUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock20.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock8786.9
 Physicians per Cap.172  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock86100
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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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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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