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Ann Arbor, MI vs West Fargo, ND

#6 2005 Best Places to Live

#8 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#11 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#11 Best Green Cities

#12 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#95 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#3 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#5 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#33 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#87 2005 Best Places to Live

#116 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#156 Best Green Cities

Highly educated city. traffic and parking is bad. university culture is nice, not sure about elsewhere. no good pizza! if you're looking for food, I recommend "a taste  More

Uh, compared to my other favorite college towns this one lacks flavor. Safer and kinda pretty, but not the greenest place, it's fine. Good restaurants, music, art,  More

Ann Arbor bus service (AATA) is quite good. The Detroit Metro Airport is only a 20 min. drive away and is also quite good. The traffic in Ann Arbor is usually mild  More

My opinion:West Fargo, ND has some good qualities. I think it is a nice place to raise your kids. The traffic is not bad at all. It has pretty much everything you need  More