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Athens Ranked
#52 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#94 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#226 2005 Best Places to Live
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#356 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Wausau

Wausau Ranked
#5 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Wausau Ranked
#94 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Wausau Ranked
#106 Best Green Cities
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#208 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Athens    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Nice place to  More

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Over 19 years ago

Can anyone comment on the humidity in or around Athens? Is the humidity only high in the summer? What about tornadoes in the  More

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Athens, Alabama is a good place to live. Although, there are few technical jobs there Huntsville is only a 30 minute drive away. Athens is a quiet town and an excellent  More

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Reviews for Wausau    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I visited Wausau during the summer and it was a very nice change from Phoenix. The people were friendly & helpful. It was a little humid than what I’m used to but  More

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Beautiful area geographically but beneath that beauty are some of the most overly conservative, unfriendly, judgemental people anywhere. Very hard to make friends here  More

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I LIVED IN WAUSAU WI OVER 23 YEARS AGO. I RELOCATED TO WYOMING IN 1990 FOR GOVERMENT POSITION. NOW RETIRED FROM FEDERAL SERVICE, I WILL BE MOVING BACK TO THE UPPER  More

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