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Tehachapi, CA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- There are 63 physicians per 100,000 people in Thornton.
- There are 112 physicians per 100,000 people in Tehachapi.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Tehachapi, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock4058.4
 Water Quality (100=best)42  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock85.586.9
 Physicians per Cap.112  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock94100
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Reviews for Tehachapi    8 Reviews

We moved out of the Los Angeles/Orange County area to escape the traffic. When we moved to bear Valley Springs (about 15 miles outside of Tehachapi) there was literally  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived here for over 18 years before moving away and still don't miss this town. This town is great for the elderly and young families but not great for teens and young  More

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Tehachapi is a Mountain Community in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada between the Central Valley (Bakersfield) and the Antelope Valley (Mojave, Palmdale,  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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