2025 Compare Cities Health:
San Rafael, CA vs Palm Springs, CA

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Highlights
- There are 99 physicians per 100,000 people in Palm Springs.
- There are 466 physicians per 100,000 people in San Rafael.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 San Rafael, CAPalm Springs, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock75.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.466  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock88100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 15 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 17 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  More

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Reviews for Palm Springs    12 Reviews

I lived in Palm Springs for 12 years and initially it appeared to be quite beautiful. The mountains are beautiful and palm trees, very stress-free and manageable.  More

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Over 5 years ago

14 years is plenty long enough. This is a nice place to visit, not live. In the last 20 years the air quality, especially in the summer has deteriorated considerably.  More

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Ghetto Crime City with lots of glitz... Police do nothing. Called 911 three times in a year: twice, no response. Provided the license plate of the criminals in two  More

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