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Santa Cruz, CA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- There are 454 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbia.
- There are 237 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Cruz.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Cruz, CAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock48.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)29  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.237  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock92100
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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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