2026 Compare Cities Rankings:
Gulf Shores, AL vs Burlington, VT

#1 Best Green Cities

#3 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#9 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

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

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

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

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

#232 2005 Best Places to Live

Owned a place there for 20 years and spend a few weeks each season there. Heading back in a few weeks! Lows: Spotty internet for work. Saturday traffic. Hurricanes.  More

I know that there are a few people out there that would just as soon throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying what I’m about to say, but I hate, hate, HATE living in Gulf  More

Gulf Shores offers many sunny days, compared to the rest of Baldwin County.  More

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More