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Portales, NM vs Banning, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Banning or is it cheaper to live in Portales?
- Banning is 89.3% more expensive than Portales.

Which city has more affordable housing, Banning or Portales?
- Banning housing costs are 237.0% more expensive than Portales housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Portales or is Health Care more affordable in Banning.
- Health related expenses are 0.9% more in Banning.
 Portales, NMBanning, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock131.2100
 Food & Groceries92.3  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock87.3100
 Housing33.8  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$391,600$338,100
 Utilities89  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock134.0100
 Miscellaneous79.9  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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Reviews for Banning    9 Reviews

Small city with a very nice Mediterranean climate cool, humid winters with mildly hot dry short july-,aug hot summers similar to los Angeles climate but less humid and  More

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Over 10 years ago

while at lions park this am in banning walking my dogs, and i always pick up the dog poo as i always carry baggies on me. i had to use the porta potty as i have a lot of  More

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Over 11 years ago

I swore I would never live in Banning and here I am for 14 years now. When I moved here it had a reputation of being a crime infested ghetto with lousy schools. It was  More

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