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Rankings for Flint

Flint Ranked
#72 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Flint Ranked
#234 2005 Best Places to Live
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Flint Ranked
#369 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Peoria

Peoria Ranked
#36 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Peoria Ranked
#51 2005 Best Places to Live
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Peoria Ranked
#260 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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Reviews for Peoria    20 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

In my opinion Peoria is a great city and for it’s size it has a lot of amenities a big city would have such as a ballpark, civic center, many educational options, great  More

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Crime is rampant and you can't even visit parks anymore without fear of some gang drive-by.  More

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I lived in Peoria for nearly three years for work and I miss it terribly. The Peoria metropolitan area is by far one of the most underrated in the country. I think what  More

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