| | Westminster, CA | Long Beach, CA | United States |
| Overall | 164.9 | 161.7 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 103.0 | 101.9 | 100 |
| Health | 93.4 | 86.7 | 100 |
| Housing | 287.0 | 254.0 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $888,900 | $739,900 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,950.0% | 9,710.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 117.4 | 157.9 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 156.1 | 133.4 | 100 |
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Reviews for Westminster 
8 Reviews
The weather patterns have been slowly changing over the past three years.
Sun burns off the fog in the morning hours from early June through July over past 3 years. More
Westminster is a very busy, albeit somewhatsafer area to live. It's nicely located not far from freeways or the beach, has a good mall and plenty of shopping options. More
Great weather year round. Summers are usually in the high 70s-80s, and occasionally peak in the low 90s. Winters are moderate (70's).
You can literally ski, hike More
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Reviews for Long Beach 
45 Reviews
Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2 More
I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice More
The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it More
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