2025 Compare Cities Health:
La Mesa, CA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- There are 454 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbia.
- There are 233 physicians per 100,000 people in La Mesa.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 La Mesa, CAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock48.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)75  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.233  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock92100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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