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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 South Bend

South Bend Ranked
#86 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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South Bend Ranked
#113 Best Green Cities
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South Bend Ranked
#132 2005 Best Places to Live
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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 South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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