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Columbia Ranked
#52 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Columbia Ranked
#103 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Columbia Ranked
#118 Best Green Cities
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Columbia Ranked
#189 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Lawrence

Lawrence Ranked
#53 Best Green Cities
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Lawrence Ranked
#73 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawrence Ranked
#97 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawrence Ranked
#194 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Lawrence    19 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I don't know why people have written negative reviews about Lawrence, but I have lived here for two years and love it. The quality of life is great - it is a college  More

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Over 11 years ago

Great college town, wonderful people and community. Fun  More

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Over 12 years ago

While I was a grad student at KU I lived in Lawrence, KS. I was unimpressed by the town and even less impressed by the over-inflated ego of its inhabitants. Let's be  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
65203 65202 65201 65215
ZIPS IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS
66049 66044 66047 66046 66045

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