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Mechanicsburg, PA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- There are 454 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbia.
- There are 258 physicians per 100,000 people in Mechanicsburg.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Mechanicsburg, PAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock48.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.258  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock92100
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Reviews for Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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