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Grand Rapids, MN vs West Fargo, ND

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

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

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

#87 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#156 Best Green Cities

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

My opinion:West Fargo, ND has some good qualities. I think it is a nice place to raise your kids. The traffic is not bad at all. It has pretty much everything you need  More