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Fruita, CO vs Rapid City, SD

#5 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#5 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#43 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

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

#62 2005 Best Places to Live

#69 Best Green Cities

#9 Best Cities After Military Service

#13 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#14 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

#81 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

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

#117 Best Green Cities

#284 2005 Best Places to Live

I moved my Family to Fruit in January of 2013---It has been a very good community to live. It is a pedestrian friendly community and we feel very safe. Only one local  More

My mother, sister and grandparents lived in Mack close to the railroad and stock pens. They say that our grandparents ran a restaurant/bar near their. Said that the  More

local politics are controlled by larger city (denver) liberal anti American views. We all know what America stands for and what it is supposed to be, and neither the  More

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More