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New York, NY vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- Myrtle Beach spends 33.7% less per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% higher in Myrtle Beach than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 8.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York
 New York, NYMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5014573
 Students per Counselor2598  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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