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New York, NY vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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- Half Moon Bay spends 6.5% more per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.2% higher in Half Moon Bay than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 5.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York
 New York, NYHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor2598  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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