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Miami, FL vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Bay City spends 7.7% less per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% lower in Bay City than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bay City had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLBay City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,278$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7764573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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