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Mountain View, AR vs Franklin, TN

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Is it cheaper to live in Franklin or is it cheaper to live in Mountain View?
- Franklin is 89.1% more expensive than Mountain View.

Which city has more affordable housing, Franklin or Mountain View?
- Franklin housing costs are 366.1% more expensive than Mountain View housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Mountain View or is Health Care more affordable in Franklin.
- Health related expenses are 10.1% more in Franklin.
 Mountain View, ARFranklin, TNUnited States
 Overall  Unlock139.4100
 Food & Groceries95.2  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock99.0100
 Housing46.0  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$784,100$338,100
 Utilities96  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock100.9100
 Miscellaneous73.9  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Mountain View    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

A very small town and everything to go along with it. While I value some of the small town characteristics, others I could do without. Mountain View is wonderful for  More

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Over 19 years ago

The Ozark wilderness is a beautiful and breathtaking area. In the summer the ridgetops resemble a rain forest, while in winter they are shrouded in fog and ice.  More

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Over 20 years ago

Ahh...the city of mountain view...my parents moved there when us kids were just young teens snatching us away from our happy existance living several miles from the  More

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Reviews for Franklin    27 Reviews

After visiting here for a week in the summer, I fell in love with the city! Lots of my friends in Florida already moved here from New Port Richey and Wesley Chapel. I  More

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I've lived in Tennessee all my life. I have lived in west,east and middle Tennessee. By far this is the best place I have lived. We have been in Franklin for 8 years. It  More

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I love that this is a greatly diverse community with a large African American and Hispanic community around West Main St./Nachez (I'm addicted to Pueblo Real Mexican  More

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