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Rankings for Battle Creek

Battle Creek Ranked
#81 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa Ranked
#64 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Tuscaloosa Ranked
#100 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Tuscaloosa Ranked
#111 2005 Best Places to Live
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Tuscaloosa Ranked
#299 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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