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North Fort Myers, FL vs Panama City, FL

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Is it cheaper to live in Panama City or is it cheaper to live in North Fort Myers?
- Panama City is 8.4% less expensive than North Fort Myers.

Which city has more affordable housing, Panama City or North Fort Myers?
- Panama City housing costs are 13.4% less expensive than North Fort Myers housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in North Fort Myers or is Health Care more affordable in Panama City.
- Health related expenses are 16.9% less in Panama City.
 North Fort Myers, FLPanama City, FLUnited States
 Overall  Unlock95.4100
 Food & Groceries103.8  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock99.1100
 Housing80.8  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$252,800$338,100
 Utilities97  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock90.0100
 Miscellaneous103.0  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for North Fort Myers    2 Reviews

We "escaped" from the S. Ft. Myers area to get away from the crowds. Where live in N. Ft. Myers you feel like you are in the middle of nowhere when the grocery, drug  More

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Over 14 years ago

We used to live here and really liked southern FL. Unfortunately, we wanted to summer back home in New England, and once gone the neighbor on one side looted the place,  More

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Reviews for Panama City    20 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved here from Akron, OH back in 2007 and was expecting a huge city (similar to Miami), nope, I was wrong. It ended up being more like a backwards redneck town more  More

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Over 4 years ago

If you love bars, trailers, isolation, and generic shopping while feeling depressed then this is the place for you. Panama City has alot of shallow people, most red  More

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This review is from a 24 year resident moved from Michigan. When I first moved, I missed the bigger city things like a university, large library, electronics stores, and  More

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