2025 Compare Cities Health:
Portage, MI vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- There are 350 physicians per 100,000 people in Birmingham.
- There are 275 physicians per 100,000 people in Portage.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Portage, MIBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock25.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock87.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.275  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock101100
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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 20 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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