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Pleasant Grove, UT vs Meridian, ID

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Is it cheaper to live in Meridian or is it cheaper to live in Pleasant Grove?
- Meridian is 2.0% more expensive than Pleasant Grove.

Which city has more affordable housing, Meridian or Pleasant Grove?
- Meridian housing costs are 5.9% more expensive than Pleasant Grove housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Pleasant Grove or is Health Care more affordable in Meridian.
- Health related expenses are 1.4% less in Meridian.
 Pleasant Grove, UTMeridian, IDUnited States
 Overall  Unlock119.6100
 Food & Groceries95.9  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock100.3100
 Housing163.5  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$486,400$338,100
 Utilities95  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock90.4100
 Miscellaneous106.2  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Pleasant Grove    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

close to good biking  More

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Pleasant Grove has a small-town feel, but is very near to the large cities of Provo, Orem, and American Fork, with SLC just about 45 min away. It is a lovely, clean town  More

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Over 17 years ago

One of the reasons I moved to Pleasant Grove is minimal traffic. There are some tough spots, but mostly little traffic, no traffic jams and almost no  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 7 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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