2025 Compare Cities Health:
Richmond, VA vs Menlo Park, CA

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Highlights
- There are 302 physicians per 100,000 people in Menlo Park.
- There are 374 physicians per 100,000 people in Richmond.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Richmond, VAMenlo Park, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock63.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)80  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.686.9
 Physicians per Cap.374  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock107100
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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Reviews for Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cost of living is beyond absurdly  More

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Very nice. Good connection to San Francisco or San Jose or any city in between via Caltrain or bus. Weather can't be  More

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My 14mo daughter, wife and I live in Menlo Park, CA which is approximately half way between San Francisco and San Jose. To afford an upper middle class quality of life  More

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