2025 Compare Cities Health:
Portland, ME vs Big Bear Lake, CA

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Highlights
- There are 135 physicians per 100,000 people in Big Bear Lake.
- There are 450 physicians per 100,000 people in Portland.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Portland, MEBig Bear Lake, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock90.758.4
 Water Quality (100=best)70  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.450  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock87100
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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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Reviews for Big Bear Lake    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

We moved to Big Bear Lake a couple of years ago from Los Angeles because of my husband's job. It is a somewhat pretty city, the lake is mirky and surrounded by trash,  More

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Over 15 years ago

Big Bear Lake, a beautiful setting in a remote mountain community in Southern California. A draw to tourists from the Los Angeles area for skiing, boating, and mountain  More

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In the San Bernardino mountains of Southern California, this little town has almost everything you would want to see and do. In the spring and summer the lake is filled  More

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