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Columbia, SC vs Ridgecrest, CA

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#13 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

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#89 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#26 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#34 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#36 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#73 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#77 2005 High Gas Prices

#88 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#94 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#95 The Most Single Cities

#282 2005 Best Places to Live

#300 Best Green Cities

I love living in Columbia! I recently graduated from USC and plan to stay. I read the reviews posted here and it shows that like many cities, your experience will depend  More

Loved living in Columbia, SC prior to my job transfer. It's the perfect size - plenty to do, but still a laid back place. People are extremely friendly, there are  More

Columbia is such a unique and underrated place. It has a lot of character and history, and good nature trails. Everything feels accessible (by car) and you can get from  More

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More