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Lake Elsinore, CA vs Scottsbluff, NE

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Is it cheaper to live in Scottsbluff or is it cheaper to live in Lake Elsinore?
- Scottsbluff is 37.4% less expensive than Lake Elsinore.

Which city has more affordable housing, Scottsbluff or Lake Elsinore?
- Scottsbluff housing costs are 71.5% less expensive than Lake Elsinore housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Lake Elsinore or is Health Care more affordable in Scottsbluff.
- Health related expenses are 75.4% more in Scottsbluff.
 Lake Elsinore, CAScottsbluff, NEUnited States
 Overall  Unlock82.1100
 Food & Groceries99.7  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock153.1100
 Housing165.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$148,900$338,100
 Utilities115  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock61.2100
 Miscellaneous112.2  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Lake Elsinore    10 Reviews

The new comfort index for Lake Elsinore is 78. I lived in Lake Elsinore for 10 years, and there are usually 100+ days that the temperature is over 90, and several weeks  More

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8/23/2013 To someone thinking of moving to Lake Elsinore I really want to write this to you because I was in you position a year and a half ago. I was living in Delmar  More

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Over 15 years ago

How is the area near the Ortegas? I see a lot of families. Is this a good place for kids and  More

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Reviews for Scottsbluff    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

scottsbluff is definetly its own world if your from there and raised there managing the ways of any place beyond this panhandle if your not from hear the adapting to the  More

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This town is so afraid of change that it attempts to boycott everything: adult stores, tobacco shops, interstates, etc...I don't know if anyone here has noticed but the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Scottsbluff is a small town, and people here pride themselves on their "small town values." It is a safe place to live, and it is fabulous to not worry about big city  More

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