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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 Gainesville

Gainesville Ranked
#15 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Gainesville Ranked
#44 Best Green Cities
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Gainesville Ranked
#56 2005 Best Places to Live
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Gainesville Ranked
#88 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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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 8 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 Gainesville    60 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here most of my life. It's changed a lot, and a lot of the locals don't like it. Because it's home to one of the largest universities in the country, we see a  More

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Lovely diverse city! People is nice and there is always something to do. Outdoors activities are awesome! The springs are beautiful and there are plenty of hiking  More

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Gainesville has the highest taxes and electrical rates in the state. The city is run by a bunch of liberals who have no idea what they are doing. Crime and homelessness  More

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