2025 Compare Cities Health:
Santa Monica, CA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- There are 454 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbia.
- There are 211 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Monica.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Monica, CAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock48.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)52  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.211  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock92100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  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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