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Palm Springs, CA vs Longview, WA

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Is it cheaper to live in Longview or is it cheaper to live in Palm Springs?
- Longview is 21.9% less expensive than Palm Springs.

Which city has more affordable housing, Longview or Palm Springs?
- Longview housing costs are 38.9% less expensive than Palm Springs housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Palm Springs or is Health Care more affordable in Longview.
- Health related expenses are 16.5% more in Longview.
 Palm Springs, CALongview, WAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock102.5100
 Food & Groceries100.1  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock101.7100
 Housing185.9  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$337,500$338,100
 Utilities114  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock90.0100
 Miscellaneous112.1  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Palm Springs    12 Reviews

I lived in Palm Springs for 12 years and initially it appeared to be quite beautiful. The mountains are beautiful and palm trees, very stress-free and manageable.  More

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Over 5 years ago

14 years is plenty long enough. This is a nice place to visit, not live. In the last 20 years the air quality, especially in the summer has deteriorated considerably.  More

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Ghetto Crime City with lots of glitz... Police do nothing. Called 911 three times in a year: twice, no response. Provided the license plate of the criminals in two  More

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Reviews for Longview    11 Reviews

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

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I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

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Over 4 years ago

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More

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