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Rankings for Columbus

Columbus Ranked
#78 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#110 2005 Best Places to Live
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#152 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Madison

Madison Ranked
#52 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Madison Ranked
#94 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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Madison Ranked
#226 2005 Best Places to Live
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Madison Ranked
#356 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Columbus    9 Reviews

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

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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

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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

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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