2025 Compare Cities Health:
Wake Forest, NC vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- There are 237 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Cruz.
- There are 206 physicians per 100,000 people in Wake Forest.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Wake Forest, NCSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock72.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)90  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock92.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.206  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock99100
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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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