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Grand Rapids, MI vs McKinney, TX

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I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

Very charming town. This city has been extremely discipline and not trying to keep up with neighboring cities to bring big name outsiders and because of it has tons of  More

We've lived in McKinney for 8 years. We left California because we knew where it was headed and thankfully ended up in McKinney. We have seen it grow tremendously. We  More

I have only spent a few days in Mckinney and surrounding area such as Plano prosper Lucas Frisco and down town Dallas. The reason I and my family visited from New York  More