2025 Compare Cities Health:
Providence, RI vs Lafayette, LA

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Highlights
- There are 282 physicians per 100,000 people in Lafayette.
- There are 271 physicians per 100,000 people in Providence.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Providence, RILafayette, LAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock49.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)53  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.271  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock94100
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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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Reviews for Lafayette    37 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I should add this to my previous review. Lafayette was ranked "Happiest City in the US" by USA Today magazine and "Tastiest Town" by Southern  More

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I’m from Florida but I’ve lived in the Lafayette area for thirty-five years. I’ve never known nicer people. It’s true that non-Cajuns can never integrate entirely with  More

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What are the hottest neighborhoods to buy/live in right now? I'm from out of  More

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