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Shreveport, LA vs Crescent City, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Crescent City or is it cheaper to live in Shreveport?
- Crescent City is 20.1% more expensive than Shreveport.

Which city has more affordable housing, Crescent City or Shreveport?
- Crescent City housing costs are 132.3% more expensive than Shreveport housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Shreveport or is Health Care more affordable in Crescent City.
- Health related expenses are 23.9% more in Crescent City.
 Shreveport, LACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock93.3100
 Food & Groceries91.0  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock119.1100
 Housing40.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$318,400$338,100
 Utilities93  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock75.2100
 Miscellaneous96.9  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Shreveport    29 Reviews

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More

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Reviews for Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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