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Lancaster, CA vs New Castle, CO

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Is it cheaper to live in New Castle or is it cheaper to live in Lancaster?
- New Castle is 24.6% less expensive than Lancaster.

Which city has more affordable housing, New Castle or Lancaster?
- New Castle housing costs are 16.7% more expensive than Lancaster housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Lancaster or is Health Care more affordable in New Castle.
- Health related expenses are 8.8% less in New Castle.
 Lancaster, CANew Castle, COUnited States
 Overall  Unlock121.9100
 Food & Groceries98.5  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock81.1100
 Housing132.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$524,500$338,100
 Utilities116  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock100.4100
 Miscellaneous133.9  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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Reviews for New Castle    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Small town  More

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Over 12 years ago

Been here about 1 1/2 years. Climate is great, lots of snow in winter, mild summers but still hits triple digits though:/ Work is hard to come by unless you are in the  More

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New Castle is a small town outside of Glenwood Springs. We have beautiful weather, gorgeous mountains but it is very expensive to live here... I think the cost of  More

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