2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Charlottesville, VA vs Provo, UT

#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)

#5 Most Affordable Colleges

#31 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#46 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#62 Best Green Cities

#85 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#146 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 was born in Provo and have lived in a few cities nearby my entire life. While I was raised in a semi-Mormon family, I am no longer LDS. I haven’t been for about 20  More

I live in Mississippi and im 15. Im looking for somewhere to relocate when I graduate college. Even though im 15 and I have a long way ahead before I even graduate  More

Great Quality of life. People are  More