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Hickory, NC vs Bay Shore, NY

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Is it cheaper to live in Bay Shore or is it cheaper to live in Hickory?
- Bay Shore is 65.3% more expensive than Hickory.

Which city has more affordable housing, Bay Shore or Hickory?
- Bay Shore housing costs are 103.8% more expensive than Hickory housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Hickory or is Health Care more affordable in Bay Shore.
- Health related expenses are 1.6% less in Bay Shore.
 Hickory, NCBay Shore, NYUnited States
 Overall  Unlock147.1100
 Food & Groceries95.6  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock125.2100
 Housing70.9  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$446,100$338,100
 Utilities97  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock113.9100
 Miscellaneous94.8  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Bay Shore    6 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Long Island is very expensive. Bay Shore is definitely one of the cheaper parts of the island, but it's still  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great community but saddled with taxes that are detracting from the quality of life here on Long  More

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I find the quality of life here in Bay Shore becoming more and more difficult. Due to the lack of convenient public transportation our population is forced to clog the  More

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