| | Saranac Lake, NY | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
| Overall | 78.0 | 113.0 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 106.0 | 97.3 | 100 |
| Health | 109.6 | 92.5 | 100 |
| Housing | 75.2 | 118.6 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $273,700 | $413,000 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,760.0% | 10,180.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 69.0 | 117.9 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 106.8 | 105.7 | 100 |
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Reviews for Saranac Lake 
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Saranac Lake is small but great. Great people, decent shopping, with good housing, it's great place to live, if you love the outdoors. It's cold....really cold in the More
Saranac Lake is not only chilly but a great place to live. Dr. E.L. Trudeau knew what he was doing when he took a breath of this cold, crisp air way More
Small time living in a pristine environment of the Adirondack Park. Year-round theatre, good school system, postsecondary education, world-class research institution More
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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments More
Phoenix Arizona represents a lot of problems with Arizona but it is the big city which has to carry more burdens than the rest of the greater Phoenix Area.
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I have lived here my whole life and it used to be not be as busy as it is. It used to be a state where old people would retire in this state and used to be cheap. To put More
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