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Hickory Ranked
#28 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Hickory Ranked
#254 2005 Best Places to Live
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Hickory Ranked
#268 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Waynesville

Waynesville Ranked
#8 2005 Best Places to Live
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Waynesville Ranked
#25 Best Green Cities
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Waynesville Ranked
#32 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 2 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Waynesville    4 Reviews

The post below was written a little less than 10 years ago and only a few months prior to my move to Waynesville. Anyone who moves to any city should do research before  More

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Over 16 years ago

Waynesville is a small town trying to keep up with the big dogs across the mountains. It puts on shows and have festivals downtown but it is not good enough. I have  More

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For those of us who weren't reared there, Waynesville, NC lends itself best to being a small-town retirement community. The "Gateway to the Smokies" is a blissfully  More

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ZIPS IN HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA
28601 28602
ZIPS IN WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
28786

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