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Belton Ranked
#53 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#154 2005 Best Places to Live
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#219 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Lawton

Lawton Ranked
#75 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawton Ranked
#89 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawton Ranked
#159 2005 Best Places to Live
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Lawton Ranked
#190 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Belton    3 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in this area for over 20 years. All in all, it's a good place to raise a family. Belton ISD has a good state rating. There is usually some sort of activity  More

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As a substitute teacher for BISD, I have had the opportunity to get to know many of the teachers and administrators, as well as the students. Belton is blessed to have  More

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Belton is a small town near Killeen and Fort Hood (large Army Base). It's economy depends a lot on the base for income so they have a captive audience that they can  More

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Reviews for Lawton    45 Reviews

If I could give this place less than a star I would. When we moved down here from Pennsylvania we expected southern hospitality. This town is so far from that its  More

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It's a military town with nothing to offer. People will say cheap gas, cheap property, decent climate and museums. Yes this is all true of Lawton Oklahoma, BUT that's  More

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The only good thing about Lawton is that it's close to a nice wildlife refuge, which has great hiking, and some buffalo. Lawton tricked U.S. businesses into coming into  More

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