2025 Compare Cities Health:
Lake Forest, CA vs Palm Springs, CA

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Highlights
- There are 99 physicians per 100,000 people in Palm Springs.
- There are 249 physicians per 100,000 people in Lake Forest.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Lake Forest, CAPalm Springs, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock75.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)65  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.249  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock88100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Reviews for Palm Springs    12 Reviews

I lived in Palm Springs for 12 years and initially it appeared to be quite beautiful. The mountains are beautiful and palm trees, very stress-free and manageable.  More

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Over 5 years ago

14 years is plenty long enough. This is a nice place to visit, not live. In the last 20 years the air quality, especially in the summer has deteriorated considerably.  More

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Ghetto Crime City with lots of glitz... Police do nothing. Called 911 three times in a year: twice, no response. Provided the license plate of the criminals in two  More

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