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El Dorado, KS vs Joplin, MO

#7 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#18 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#35 2005 Best Places to Live

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#58 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#70 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#96 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#366 Best Green Cities

#28 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

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#150 Best Green Cities

#306 2005 Best Places to Live

I have lived in El Dorado most of my life. I have spent time in the military and living in Montana, but mostly in Kansas. El Dorado was considered a distant suburb of  More

Nice small town close to largest town in Kansas (Wichita). Has hospital, community college, state park and lake, good schools, and some retail. Not alot of jobs but many  More

Wow, this content is dated. Here's an update on Joplin: The Joplin community is rapidly becoming an affordable, livable version of the urban lifestyle that offers  More

Joplin is inexpensive to live in however humidity is through the roof if you have a roof due to the threat of tornados here. Winters are mild but usually instead of  More

Winter lasts about 4 months and is fairly cold. Mostly cloudy and dreary with very little if any snow. Spring lasts about 6 weeks and has plenty of rain. Summer lasts  More