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Hokes Bluff, AL vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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

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

#324 2005 Best Places to Live

#357 Best Green Cities

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

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

#111 2005 Best Places to Live

#299 Best Green Cities

We have lived in Hokes Bluff since 1975 and it is a great place to live. The people are nice, the schools are great, very rarely is there a crime committed. We have a  More

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More