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Santa Fe, NM vs Healdsburg, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Healdsburg or is it cheaper to live in Santa Fe?
- Healdsburg is 35.5% more expensive than Santa Fe.

Which city has more affordable housing, Healdsburg or Santa Fe?
- Healdsburg housing costs are 91.7% more expensive than Santa Fe housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Santa Fe or is Health Care more affordable in Healdsburg.
- Health related expenses are 34.2% more in Healdsburg.
 Santa Fe, NMHealdsburg, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock151.8100
 Food & Groceries101.0  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock110.3100
 Housing161.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$1,011,700$338,100
 Utilities100  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock102.9100
 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 7 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 7 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 Healdsburg    6 Reviews

The posted 71% statistic for registered Democrat voters is completely wrong per our County's Registrar's office. The October 21, 2016 actual statistics follow:   More

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Over 15 years ago

Unfriendly, overpriced....who could ever afford to live here other than the ever-growing number of creepy uber-wealthy snobs? The crazy funnny part is that California's  More

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It's beautiful here. But this particular city is geared toward the wealthy and the tourists. It didn't used to be... but at a certain point 20 years ago, the city made a  More

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