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Portales, NM vs Council Bluffs, IA

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Highlights
- There are 101 physicians per 100,000 people in Council Bluffs.
- There are 84 physicians per 100,000 people in Portales.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Portales, NMCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock57.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)20  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock91.686.9
 Physicians per Cap.84  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock125100
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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 Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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