2025 Compare Cities Health:
Poughkeepsie, NY vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- There are 271 physicians per 100,000 people in Providence.
- There are 238 physicians per 100,000 people in Poughkeepsie.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Poughkeepsie, NYProvidence, RIUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock57.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)45  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock78.886.9
 Physicians per Cap.238  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock84100
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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 Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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