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#8 Emerging Metropolitan Areas
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#19 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)
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#63 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Boone


Boone, NC has never been in one of our rankings. Do you think this is a mistake? Tell us what you think is great or not so great about his place.
Reviews for Dublin    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Beautiful, serene, lots of friendly folks and relatively low cost of  More

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Reviews for Boone    15 Reviews

Not sure where they got the rents from. Maybe not updated as there is nowhere to rent in Boone. Unless a student and they are paying $1000+ for 1 bedroom/bath shared  More

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Over 12 years ago

Boone and the High Country's climate is unique to North Carolina and the Southeast. It's cool summers and snowy winters are much more comparable to places much farther  More

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The area is beautiful - living in the Blue Ridge Mountains is gorgeous. But .. the views don't pay the bills. Housing is overpriced. You are better off living  More

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