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Columbus, GA vs Burlington, VT

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

#110 2005 Best Places to Live

#152 Best Green Cities

#1 Best Green Cities

#3 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#9 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#10 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#16 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

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

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

#232 2005 Best Places to Live

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More