| | Phoenix, AZ | Santa Cruz, CA | United States |
| Overall | 113.0 | 186.0 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 97.3 | 111.5 | 100 |
| Health | 92.5 | 109.2 | 100 |
| Housing | 118.6 | 420.7 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $413,000 | $1,270,800 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,180.0% | 9,350.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 117.9 | 110.5 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 105.7 | 155.7 | 100 |
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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments More
Phoenix Arizona represents a lot of problems with Arizona but it is the big city which has to carry more burdens than the rest of the greater Phoenix Area.
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I have lived here my whole life and it used to be not be as busy as it is. It used to be a state where old people would retire in this state and used to be cheap. To put More
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I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we More
I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class More
I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity, More
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