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Thornton, CO vs Mount Shasta, CA

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- There are 149 physicians per 100,000 people in Mount Shasta.
- There are 63 physicians per 100,000 people in Thornton.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Thornton, COMount Shasta, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock89.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)80  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock36.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.63  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock107100
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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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Reviews for Mount Shasta    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived here for 4 years. Though I love the beauty of the mountain and the surrounding wilderness, I find Mount Shasta very difficult to live in. Food is about 20%  More

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I have lived in Siskiyou County for 24 years and Mount Shasta is by far the most enjoyable place I have lived thus far. It is a very tolerant community and culturally  More

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