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Des Moines Ranked
#2 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)
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#6 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America
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#12 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#19 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)
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Des Moines Ranked
#20 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.
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#35 Best Block Party Places
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#52 2005 Best Places to Live
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#54 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#67 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#88 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#93 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#145 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Fayetteville

Fayetteville Ranked
#96 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Fayetteville Ranked
#217 Best Green Cities
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#250 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Des Moines    53 Reviews

Des Moines is a ok and pretty quiet place but as a teen it could be dramatic because Des Moines do have is fair or violents places to avoid in Des Moines would be the  More

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Over 4 years ago

This city is violent, there are too many gangs especially on the north  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good for the old that like slow pace and cheap buffets. Also good for non-descript mid-westerners that don't like a lot of action. No nightlife or mountains to hike  More

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Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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ZIPS IN DES MOINES, IOWA
50317, 50315, 50310, 50320, 50313, 50316, 50312, 50311, 50314, 50321, 12 total
ZIPS IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
28314 28306 28304 28311 28303 28301 28307 28310 28305

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