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Houghton Lake, MI vs St. Johns, MI

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Rankings for Houghton Lake


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Rankings for St. Johns

St. Johns Ranked
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#33 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#33 Best Green Cities
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#162 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Houghton Lake    3 Reviews

This is a rural resort area. You must be able to embrace the rural lifestyle. There's no real shopping opportunities other than Walmart, Kmart, Peebles, Dunhams, Tractor  More

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Over 17 years ago

The quality of life here for most depends on how you look at it. If your looking for a medium to high paying job there realy are none, and there's hardly any jobs that  More

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The climate here is...well..cold... seems like most of the time and one does get cabin fever when March rolls around, if not sooner. Can't wait for summer! If you love  More

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Reviews for St. Johns    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

St. Johns is a great place to live and work. It has a small town feel but within 30 minutes to Lansing.   More

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Over 17 years ago

The community is close to East Lansing (Michigan State University) and Lansing (State Capital), but yet offers affordable quality housing in a variety of different  More

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