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New Orleans, LA vs Hilton Head Island, SC

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Is it cheaper to live in Hilton Head Island or is it cheaper to live in New Orleans?
- Hilton Head Island is 2.7% more expensive than New Orleans.

Which city has more affordable housing, Hilton Head Island or New Orleans?
- Hilton Head Island housing costs are 106.5% more expensive than New Orleans housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in New Orleans or is Health Care more affordable in Hilton Head Island.
- Health related expenses are 2.7% more in Hilton Head Island.
 New Orleans, LAHilton Head Island, SCUnited States
 Overall  Unlock104.3100
 Food & Groceries99.2  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock104.7100
 Housing87.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$724,900$338,100
 Utilities87  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock67.4100
 Miscellaneous97.7  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Hilton Head Island    21 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Unfortunately Beaufort county is full of transplanted northerners who do nothing but whine and cry about everything. They leave the north to come to the south and then  More

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We got a second home on Hilton Head Island 10 years ago to get away from the Canadian winter weather. It took about 3 days to realize this is where we want to be  More

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I have watched HHI change remarkably in the 40 years I have lived there. Development really started in 1979 and the early residents were explorers and drop outs who  More

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