2025 Compare Cities Health:
Palo Alto, CA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- There are 478 physicians per 100,000 people in Charleston.
- There are 257 physicians per 100,000 people in Palo Alto.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Palo Alto, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock58.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock83.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.257  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock98100
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Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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