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Santa Fe, NM vs Berlin, NH

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Is it cheaper to live in Berlin or is it cheaper to live in Santa Fe?
- Berlin is 29.8% less expensive than Santa Fe.

Which city has more affordable housing, Berlin or Santa Fe?
- Berlin housing costs are 81.4% less expensive than Santa Fe housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Santa Fe or is Health Care more affordable in Berlin.
- Health related expenses are 3.8% more in Berlin.
 Santa Fe, NMBerlin, NHUnited States
 Overall  Unlock78.6100
 Food & Groceries101.0  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock85.3100
 Housing161.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$164,700$338,100
 Utilities100  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock63.8100
 Miscellaneous107.6  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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Reviews for Berlin    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have live in Berlin now for 25 years off and on! It was a better place to live in the 80's and 90's, but now it is overwelmed with welfare and drugs! There is a false  More

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Berlin is nice. it is. it has a nice history and woodsy feel to it. BUT. take it from me who successfully escaped from berlin. it is a mini "manch-vegas" it is extremely  More

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Berlin is a quaint cozy little town. Very cheap to live in but no jobs is the area. Council is tryin gto attract jobs, but the wrong kind. $7-8/hr jobs isnt something  More

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