2025 Compare Cities Health:
Poughkeepsie, NY vs Buffalo, NY

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Highlights
- There are 254 physicians per 100,000 people in Buffalo.
- There are 238 physicians per 100,000 people in Poughkeepsie.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Poughkeepsie, NYBuffalo, NYUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock68.858.4
 Water Quality (100=best)45  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock89.886.9
 Physicians per Cap.238  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock97100
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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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Reviews for Buffalo    94 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Clean, fun, safe and unique. Great place to raise a family. Affordable housing, strong job market. Great schools and neighborhoods.  More

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Over 3 years ago

Buffalo was okay in 2016. Since then, crime is up, there are more methadone clinics than pediatricians, and so many of the small businesses that made this place charming  More

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Over 3 years ago

This city is just plain beautiful. Sure, it might not be New York or Albany. But it's Buffalo. Place is a God-send. You want to see the Falls and the Bills? Come here.  More

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