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Elko, NV vs Ely, MN

#7 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#11 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#51 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#114 Best Green Cities

#148 2005 Best Places to Live

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

Lots of local talent. For a small city, Ely has a very educated population that brings a variety of talents to local arts and  More