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Rankings for Dover

Dover Ranked
#25 2005 Best Places to Live
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Dover Ranked
#29 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Dover Ranked
#154 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Bella Vista

Bella Vista Ranked
#19 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Bella Vista Ranked
#19 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Bella Vista Ranked
#27 2005 Best Places to Live
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Bella Vista Ranked
#78 Best Green Cities
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Bella Vista Ranked
#80 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Bella Vista    18 Reviews

Fantastic area with tons of outdoor activities and private amenities: 7 lakes, 3 pools, miles of hiking and biking trails, golf courses, pickle ball, tennis, frisbee  More

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Just moved to Arkanss earlier this year from Washington state. We are originally from the lower part of the U.S. and have lived in a few states over the last 12 years.  More

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Over 5 years ago

Bella Vista is a lovely place, with a low cost of living (but increasing all the time) and extremely low crime rate. The town has Five decent golf courses, good for a  More

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