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Rankings for College Station

College Station Ranked
#14 2005 Best Places to Live
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#95 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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College Station Ranked
#104 Best Green Cities
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College Station Ranked
#114 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Rankings for Victoria

Victoria Ranked
#51 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Victoria Ranked
#91 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Victoria Ranked
#290 2005 Best Places to Live
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Victoria Ranked
#361 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for College Station    21 Reviews

I moved here seven years ago for my job and I have to say it was better than I expected. First off, it is a small city not a small town. After you live here for  More

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Pros: - Safe - Easy access to Houston & Austin - Growing Bio Tech Scene - Lots of food choices - City of Bryan has character - Plenty of stuff to do because of the  More

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Over 4 years ago

A Huge portion of you liking this city is if you like the Aggies. If you don't this is probably not the place for you because many of the things to do are based around  More

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Reviews for Victoria    8 Reviews

I’ve been living here since 2016 after living in two metropolitan cities. Let’s start with good: Good is there is a variety of elementary schools for such a medium sized  More

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Over 4 years ago

These reviews are very old so here's an update. I had my pick in south Texas to live and found this small city. My wife and I love it. It's in the middle of major  More

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Over 13 years ago

Used to live in Victoria but raising a family there was terrible. We were secluded in our development but when the kids got out into public schools even at the low  More

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