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Austin, MN vs Wabasha, MN

#9 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

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

#101 Best Green Cities

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

#144 2005 Best Places to Live

I lived in Austin for 15 years. I only lasted that long because I had kids and wanted to raise them close to my hometown in another state. I would recommend that you  More

man you may not think that austin can be hard or anything but im tellin u that i moved up here from chicago and this is a bad little town, the crime rates are high and  More

I’ve lived in the area since 2013, from Alma, WI to Rochester, MN. I moved to Wabasha in 2018. It’s a small town. Everybody knows everybody. Great for biking, hiking,  More

We really love living here. The area is beautiful. There is lots of wildlife. People are very friendly and really enjoy the outdoors. Being on the river gives people  More