City Comparison
Put two cities in the ring. See who wins on cost, safety, and lifestyle.
City A (Top 50 Major Cities) Select a major city... Albuquerque, NM Arlington, TX Atlanta, GA Austin, TX Bakersfield, CA Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Colorado Springs, CO Columbus, OH Dallas, TX Denver, CO Detroit, MI El Paso, TX Fort Worth, TX Fresno, CA Houston, TX Indianapolis, IN Jacksonville, FL Kansas City, MO Las Vegas, NV Long Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA Louisville/Jefferson County, KY Memphis, TN Mesa, AZ Miami, FL Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN Nashville-Davidson, TN New York, NY Oakland, CA Oklahoma City, OK Omaha, NE Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR Raleigh, NC Sacramento, CA San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Seattle, WA Tampa, FL Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Virginia Beach, VA Washington, DC
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City B (Any City) Select any city... Aberdeen, SD Abilene, TX Akron, OH Alameda, CA Albany, NY Albuquerque, NM Alexandria, VA Alexandria, LA Alhambra, CA Allen, TX Allentown, PA Amarillo, TX Ames, IA Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT Anaheim, CA Anchorage, AK Ankeny, IA Ann Arbor, MI Antioch, CA Appleton, WI Arlington, TX Arvada, CO Asheville, NC Athens-Clarke County, GA Atlanta, GA Auburn, WA Auburn, AL Auburn, ME Augusta, ME Augusta-Richmond County, GA Aurora, CO Aurora, IL Austin, TX Avondale, AZ Badger CDP, AK Bakersfield, CA Baltimore, MD Bangor, ME Barre, VT Baton Rouge, LA Bayonne, NJ Baytown, TX Bear CDP, DE Beaumont, TX Beaverton, OR Beckley, WV Belgrade, MT Bellevue, WA Bellevue, NE Bellingham, WA Bend, OR Bennington CDP, VT Bentonville, AR Berkeley, CA Bethesda CDP, MD Bethlehem, PA Biddeford, ME Billings, MT Biloxi, MS Birmingham, AL Bismarck, ND Blaine, MN Bloomington, MN Bloomington, IL Bloomington, IN Blue Springs, MO Boca Raton, FL Boise City, ID Bossier City, LA Boston, MA Boulder, CO Bowling Green, KY Boynton Beach, FL Bozeman, MT Brattleboro CDP, VT Bridgeport, CT Bristol, CT Brockton, MA Broken Arrow, OK Brookings, SD Brooklyn Park, MN Brookside CDP, DE Broomfield, CO Brownsville, TX Bryan, TX Buckeye, AZ Buena Park, CA Buffalo, NY Burbank, CA Burlington, VT Caldwell, ID Cambridge, MA Camden, NJ Canton, OH Cape Coral, FL Carlsbad, CA Carlsbad, NM Carmel, IN Carrollton, TX Carson, CA Carson, NV Cary, NC Casper, WY Castle Rock, CO Cedar Park, TX Cedar Rapids, IA Centennial, CO Central Falls, RI Champaign, IL Chandler, AZ Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chattanooga, TN Cheektowaga CDP, NY Chesapeake, VA Cheyenne, WY Chicago, IL Chico, CA Chino, CA Chino Hills, CA Chula Vista, CA Cicero, IL Cincinnati, OH Citrus Heights, CA Clarksburg, WV Clarksville, TN Clearwater, FL Cleveland, OH Clifton, NJ Clovis, CA Clovis, NM Coeur d'Alene, ID College CDP, AK College Station, TX Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, SC Columbia, MO Columbia CDP, MD Columbus, OH Columbus, GA Columbus, NE Compton, CA Concord, CA Concord, NC Concord, NH Conroe, TX Conway, AR Coral Springs, FL Corona, CA Corpus Christi, TX Corvallis, OR Costa Mesa, CA Council Bluffs, IA Covington, KY Cranston, RI Dallas, TX Daly City, CA Danbury, CT Davenport, IA Davie, FL Dayton, OH Daytona Beach, FL Dearborn, MI Decatur, AL Deerfield Beach, FL Deltona, FL Denton, TX Denver, CO Derry CDP, NH Des Moines, IA Detroit, MI Dickinson, ND Doral, FL Dothan, AL Dover, DE Dover, NH Downey, CA Duluth, MN Durham, NC East Honolulu CDP, HI East Providence, RI Eau Claire, WI Edinburg, TX Edmond, OK El Cajon, CA El Monte, CA El Paso, TX Elgin, IL Elizabeth, NJ Elizabethtown, KY Elk Grove, CA Ellicott City CDP, MD Enid, OK Enterprise CDP, NV Erie, PA Escondido, CA Essex Junction, VT Eugene, OR Evanston, IL Evanston, WY Evansville, IN Everett, WA Ewa Gentry CDP, HI Fairbanks, AK Fairfield, CA Fairmont, WV Fall River, MA Fargo, ND Farmington, NM Farmington Hills, MI Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville, AR Federal Way, WA Fishers, IN Flagstaff, AZ Flint, MI Florence, SC Florence, KY Flower Mound, TX Folsom, CA Fontana, CA Fort Collins, CO Fort Lauderdale, FL Fort Myers, FL Fort Smith, AR Fort Wayne, IN Fort Worth, TX Franklin, TN Frederick, MD Fremont, CA Fremont, NE Fresno, CA Frisco, TX Fullerton, CA Gainesville, FL Gaithersburg, MD Garden Grove, CA Garland, TX Gastonia, NC Georgetown, TX Georgetown, KY Germantown CDP, MD Gilbert, AZ Gillette, WY Glasgow CDP, DE Glen Burnie CDP, MD Glendale, AZ Glendale, CA Goodyear, AZ Goose Creek, SC Grand Forks, ND Grand Island, NE Grand Prairie, TX Grand Rapids, MI Great Falls, MT Greeley, CO Green Bay, WI Green River, WY Greensboro, NC Greenville, NC Greenville, SC Greenville, MS Gresham, OR Gulfport, MS Hamilton, OH Hammond, IN Hampton, VA Harrisburg, PA Hartford, CT Hastings, NE Hattiesburg, MS Hawthorne, CA Hayward, CA Helena, MT Helena Valley Southeast CDP, MT Hemet, CA Henderson, NV Hesperia, CA Hialeah, FL High Point, NC Hillsboro, OR Hilo CDP, HI Hobbs, NM Hockessin CDP, DE Hollywood, FL Homestead, FL Hoover, AL Houston, TX Huntington, WV Huntington Beach, CA Huntsville, AL Huron, SD Idaho Falls, ID Independence, MO Indianapolis, IN Indio, CA Inglewood, CA Iowa City, IA Irvine, CA Irving, TX Jackson, MS Jackson, TN Jackson, WY Jacksonville, FL Jamestown, ND Janesville, WI Jersey City, NJ Johns Creek, GA Johnson City, TN Joliet, IL Jonesboro, AR Juneau city and, AK Jurupa Valley, CA Kahului CDP, HI Kalispell, MT Kaneohe CDP, HI Kansas City, MO Kansas City, KS Kearney, NE Keene, NH Kenner, LA Kennewick, WA Kenosha, WI Kent, WA Killeen, TX Kirkland, WA Kissimmee, FL Knik-Fairview CDP, AK Knoxville, TN Laconia, NH Lafayette, LA Lake Charles, LA Lake Forest, CA Lakeland, FL Lakeville, MN Lakewood, CO Lakewood, CA Lakewood CDP, NJ Lancaster, CA Lancaster, PA Lansing, MI Laramie, WY Laredo, TX Largo, FL Las Cruces, NM Las Vegas, NV Lauderhill, FL Lawrence, KS Lawrence, MA Lawton, OK Layton, UT League City, TX Leander, TX Lebanon, NH Lee's Summit, MO Lehi, UT Lenexa, KS Levittown CDP, PA Lewiston, ME Lewisville, TX Lincoln, NE Little Rock, AR Livermore, CA Livonia, MI Long Beach, CA Longmont, CO Longview, TX Lorain, OH Los Angeles, CA Louisville/Jefferson County, KY Loveland, CO Lowell, MA Lubbock, TX Lynchburg, VA Lynn, MA Mableton, GA Madison, WI Madison, AL Madison, MS Manchester, NH Mandan, ND Manhattan, KS Mansfield, TX Manteca, CA Maricopa, AZ Martinsburg, WV Marysville, WA McAllen, TX McKinney, TX Meadow Lakes CDP, AK Medford, OR Melbourne, FL Memphis, TN Menifee, CA Merced, CA Meridian, ID Meridian, MS Mesa, AZ Mesquite, TX Metairie CDP, LA Miami, FL Miami Beach, FL Miami Gardens, FL Middlebury CDP, VT Middletown, DE Midland, TX Midwest City, OK Milford, DE Mililani Town CDP, HI Milpitas, CA Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN Minot, ND Miramar, FL Mission, TX Mission Viejo, CA Missoula, MT Missouri City, TX Mitchell, SD Mobile, AL Modesto, CA Monroe, LA Montgomery, AL Montpelier, VT Moore, OK Moreno Valley, CA Morgantown, WV Mount Pleasant, SC Mount Vernon, NY Mountain View, CA Murfreesboro, TN Murrieta, CA Nampa, ID Napa, CA Naperville, IL Nashua, NH Nashville-Davidson, TN New Bedford, MA New Braunfels, TX New Britain, CT New Haven, CT New Orleans, LA New Rochelle, NY New York, NY Newark, NJ Newark, DE Newport, RI Newport Beach, CA Newport News, VA Newton, MA Noblesville, IN Norfolk, VA Norfolk, NE Norman, OK North Charleston, SC North Lakes CDP, AK North Las Vegas, NV North Little Rock, AR North Port, FL Norwalk, CA Norwalk, CT O'Fallon, MO Oakland, CA Oceanside, CA Odessa, TX Ogden, UT Oklahoma City, OK Olathe, KS Olive Branch, MS Omaha, NE Ontario, CA Orange, CA Orem, UT Orlando, FL Oshkosh, WI Overland Park, KS Owensboro, KY Oxnard, CA Palm Bay, FL Palm Coast, FL Palmdale, CA Papillion, NE Paradise CDP, NV Parkersburg, WV Parma, OH Pasadena, TX Pasadena, CA Pasco, WA Paterson, NJ Pawtucket, RI Pearl City CDP, HI Pearland, TX Pembroke Pines, FL Peoria, AZ Peoria, IL Perris, CA Pharr, TX Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Pierre, SD Pine Bluff, AR Pittsburg, CA Pittsburgh, PA Plano, TX Plantation, FL Plymouth, MN Pocatello, ID Pomona, CA Pompano Beach, FL Port St. Lucie, FL Portland, OR Portland, ME Portsmouth, VA Portsmouth, NH Post Falls, ID Providence, RI Provo, UT Pueblo, CO Queen Creek, AZ Quincy, MA Racine, WI Raleigh, NC Rancho Cordova, CA Rancho Cucamonga, CA Rapid City, SD Reading, PA Redding, CA Redmond, WA Redwood City, CA Reno, NV Renton, WA Rexburg, ID Rialto, CA Richardson, TX Richmond, VA Richmond, CA Richmond, KY Rio Rancho, NM Riverside, CA Riverton, WY Roanoke, VA Rochester, NY Rochester, MN Rochester, NH Rochester Hills, MI Rock Hill, SC Rock Springs, WY Rockford, IL Rogers, AR Roseville, CA Roswell, GA Roswell, NM Round Rock, TX Rutland, VT Saco, ME Sacramento, CA Salem, OR Salina, KS Salinas, CA Salt Lake City, UT San Angelo, TX San Antonio, TX San Bernardino, CA San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Leandro, CA San Marcos, CA San Mateo, CA San Ramon, CA Sandy, UT Sandy Springs, GA Sanford, ME Santa Ana, CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Clara, CA Santa Clarita, CA Santa Fe, NM Santa Maria, CA Santa Monica, CA Santa Rosa, CA Savannah, GA Schaumburg, IL Schenectady, NY Scottsdale, AZ Scranton, PA Seattle, WA Shawnee, KS Sheridan, WY Shreveport, LA Silver Spring CDP, MD Simi Valley, CA Sioux City, IA Sioux Falls, SD Smyrna, DE Somerville, MA South Bend, IN South Burlington, VT South Fulton, GA South Gate, CA South Jordan, UT South Portland, ME South Valley CDP, NM Southaven, MS Southfield, MI Sparks, NV Spearfish, SD Spokane, WA Spokane Valley, WA Spring Valley CDP, NV Springdale, AR Springfield, MO Springfield, MA Springfield, IL Springfield, OR St. Charles, MO St. George, UT St. Joseph, MO St. Louis, MO St. Paul, MN St. Petersburg, FL Stamford, CT Sterling Heights, MI Stillwater, OK Stockton, CA Suffolk, VA Sugar Land, TX Summerville, SC Sumter, SC Sunnyvale, CA Sunrise, FL Sunrise Manor CDP, NV Surprise, AZ Syracuse, NY Tacoma, WA Tallahassee, FL Tampa, FL Tanaina CDP, AK Temecula, CA Tempe, AZ Temple, TX Thornton, CO Thousand Oaks, CA Toledo, OH Toms River CDP, NJ Topeka, KS Torrance, CA Tracy, CA Trenton, NJ Troy, MI Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Tupelo, MS Tuscaloosa, AL Tustin, CA Twin Falls, ID Tyler, TX Upland, CA Urban Honolulu, HI Vacaville, CA Vallejo, CA Valley Falls CDP, RI Vancouver, WA Victorville, CA Virginia Beach, VA Visalia, CA Vista, CA Waco, TX Wahpeton, ND Waipahu CDP, HI Waldorf CDP, MD Warner Robins, GA Warren, MI Warwick, RI Washington, DC Wasilla, AK Waterbury, CT Waterloo, IA Watertown, SD Waukegan, IL Waukesha, WI Weirton, WV West Covina, CA West Des Moines, IA West Fargo, ND West Hartford CDP, CT West Jordan, UT West Palm Beach, FL West Valley City, UT Westbrook, ME Westerly CDP, RI Westland, MI Westminster, CO Westminster, CA Wheeling, WV Whittier, CA Wichita, KS Wichita Falls, TX Williston, ND Wilmington, NC Wilmington, DE Winooski, VT Winston-Salem, NC Woodbury, MN Woonsocket, RI Worcester, MA Wyoming, MI Yakima, WA Yankton, SD Yonkers, NY Yuma, AZ
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