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Ridgefield, WA vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- There are 104 physicians per 100,000 people in Elko.
- There are 148 physicians per 100,000 people in Ridgefield.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Ridgefield, WAElko, NVUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock77.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)47  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock83.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.148  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock111100
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Reviews for Ridgefield    3 Reviews

We have lived in Ridgefield for 16 years. Seen it grow into one of the best places to live in America - if not the best. Not far from I-15, best schools in State,  More

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Over 18 years ago

but it's gotten overrun with yuppie types. Probably what the people that lived here when I moved in thought,  More

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Moved here fifteen years ago from the Montclair area of the Bay Area. Wanted the best of San Francisco Bay Area without the traffic, over population. Less than 20  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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