| Palo Alto, CA | Hillsboro, OR | United States |
Overall | 231.0 | 128.1 | 100 |
Food & Groceries | 124.4 | 102.0 | 100 |
Health | 107.7 | 90.2 | 100 |
Housing | 1,139.8 | 158.3 | 100 |
Median Home Cost | $3,107,600 | $533,000 | $338,100 |
Utilities | 8,990.0% | 8,270.0% | 10,000.0% |
Transportation | 140.6 | 122.4 | 100 |
Miscellaneous | 156.2 | 136.4 | 100 |
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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
VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is More
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Reviews for Hillsboro 10 Reviews
Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in More
I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the More
We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in More
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