2025 Compare Cities Health:
New Canaan, CT vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- There are 290 physicians per 100,000 people in Lake Forest.
- There are 288 physicians per 100,000 people in New Canaan.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 New Canaan, CTLake Forest, ILUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock71.158.4
 Water Quality (100=best)32  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock87.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.288  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock101100
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Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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