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Mission Viejo, CA vs Garden Grove, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Garden Grove or is it cheaper to live in Mission Viejo?
- Garden Grove is 0.0% more expensive than Mission Viejo.

Which city has more affordable housing, Garden Grove or Mission Viejo?
- Garden Grove housing costs are 16.1% less expensive than Mission Viejo housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Mission Viejo or is Health Care more affordable in Garden Grove.
- Health related expenses are 0.0% less in Garden Grove.
 Mission Viejo, CAGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock164.9100
 Food & Groceries103.8  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock93.4100
 Housing312.8  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$814,300$338,100
 Utilities102  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock117.3100
 Miscellaneous155.8  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 12 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i donĀ“t know  More

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Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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