2025 Compare Cities Health:
San Jose, CA vs La Mesa, CA

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Highlights
- There are 233 physicians per 100,000 people in La Mesa.
- There are 257 physicians per 100,000 people in San Jose.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 San Jose, CALa Mesa, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock56.358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock9886.9
 Physicians per Cap.257  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock89100
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Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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Reviews for La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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