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Mauldin, SC vs Meridian, ID

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Is it cheaper to live in Meridian or is it cheaper to live in Mauldin?
- Meridian is 31.0% more expensive than Mauldin.

Which city has more affordable housing, Meridian or Mauldin?
- Meridian housing costs are 128.7% more expensive than Mauldin housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Mauldin or is Health Care more affordable in Meridian.
- Health related expenses are 2.9% more in Meridian.
 Mauldin, SCMeridian, IDUnited States
 Overall  Unlock119.6100
 Food & Groceries99.0  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock100.3100
 Housing75.7  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$486,400$338,100
 Utilities102  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock90.4100
 Miscellaneous93.3  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Mauldin    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

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Over 18 years ago

The weather is very nice. Even the winter's are not bad compared to New England. We moved south for the great weather and this is the right  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 7 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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