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Las Cruces, NM vs Shreveport, LA

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

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

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

#39 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#185 Best Green Cities

#6 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Highest Risk)

#6 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters

#60 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#94 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#242 2005 Best Places to Live

#331 Best Green Cities

I've lived in Las Cruces for six months now. Before moving here I was in Albuquerque (3 hrs north) for four years and before that I lived in Northern Utah most of my  More

Las Cruces is a hidden gem! Homes are still affordable, you're not far from bigger city entertainment/transportation, and the scenery in beautiful. It's not all dry  More

It depends on what you are looking for; for me Las Cruces is and ideal place. I am retired and the kind of places I seek to live in have changed over the years. I have  More

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More