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Lake Isabella, CA vs Rifle, CO

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i love lake isabella i came from the city so peaceful and everyone is so nice ,certainly a slower pace of living exactly what i was looking for  More

Lake Isabella is somewhat isolated from the nearest big city, Bakersfield, and offers few choices regarding shopping, dining, and  More

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More