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Portland, OR vs Santee, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Santee or is it cheaper to live in Portland?
- Santee is 21.3% more expensive than Portland.

Which city has more affordable housing, Santee or Portland?
- Santee housing costs are 27.1% more expensive than Portland housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Portland or is Health Care more affordable in Santee.
- Health related expenses are 1.8% less in Santee.
 Portland, ORSantee, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock154.9100
 Food & Groceries103.7  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock89.0100
 Housing184.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$671,700$338,100
 Utilities80  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock123.5100
 Miscellaneous140.1  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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