2025 Compare Cities Health:
Philadelphia, PA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- There are 605 physicians per 100,000 people in Iowa City.
- There are 243 physicians per 100,000 people in Philadelphia.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Philadelphia, PAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock6458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)1  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock96.886.9
 Physicians per Cap.243  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock116100
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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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