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Melissa, TX vs Las Cruces, NM

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Highlights
- There are 136 physicians per 100,000 people in Las Cruces.
- There are 228 physicians per 100,000 people in Melissa.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Melissa, TXLas Cruces, NMUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock5858.4
 Water Quality (100=best)80  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock91.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.228  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock87100
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Reviews for Melissa    3 Reviews

I have lived here since 2008. It is a growing bedroom community. The city has a low crime rate and pretty good schools. The primary entertainment is High School sporting  More

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We moved here 2 years ago and have suffered nothing but hell. If you are not a plain, vanilla, ignorant, intolerant person, do not move here!  More

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Over 17 years ago

warm to hot summer. enough cold in winter to make you appreciate  More

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Reviews for Las Cruces    50 Reviews

I've lived in Las Cruces for six months now. Before moving here I was in Albuquerque (3 hrs north) for four years and before that I lived in Northern Utah most of my  More

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Over 2 years ago

Las Cruces is a hidden gem! Homes are still affordable, you're not far from bigger city entertainment/transportation, and the scenery in beautiful. It's not all dry  More

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Over 4 years ago

It depends on what you are looking for; for me Las Cruces is and ideal place. I am retired and the kind of places I seek to live in have changed over the years. I have  More

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