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Charlottesville, VA vs Pittsfield, MA

#1 2005 Best Places to Live

#5 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#6 Best Green Cities

#8 Best Cities After Military Service

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

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

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

#14 Best Green Cities

#14 Most Competitive Private Colleges

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

#243 2005 Best Places to Live

I have lived in Charlottesville, Albemarle County for 25 years. It USED to be a decent place but in the past 10 years has gone downhill. Rent is TOO high, landlords are  More

Loved here for 7 years, lots of parks and close proximity to Shenandoah, but that’s where the positives end. High cost of living with extreme income inequality,  More

Charlottesville resident for 7 years. Plenty of parks, the Rivanna River and trail, and a short drive to Shenandoah National Park means plenty of opportunities for  More

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More