2025 Compare Cities Health:
Long Beach, CA vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- There are 226 physicians per 100,000 people in Oakland.
- There are 211 physicians per 100,000 people in Long Beach.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Long Beach, CAOakland, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock46.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)52  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.211  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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