2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Lawrence, KS vs Orange, TX

#53 Best Green Cities

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

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

#194 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#5 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters

#31 2005 High Gas Prices

#40 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

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

#183 2005 Best Places to Live

#341 Best Green Cities

I don't know why people have written negative reviews about Lawrence, but I have lived here for two years and love it. The quality of life is great - it is a college  More

Great college town, wonderful people and community. Fun  More

While I was a grad student at KU I lived in Lawrence, KS. I was unimpressed by the town and even less impressed by the over-inflated ego of its inhabitants. Let's be  More

if your looking for the small town life and their point of views your in heaven besides the humid weather but if you are used to a more diverse and broad minded  More

Hot and Humid, did I mention hot?? Spring and Fall are milder, winter, if you can call it winter is VERY mild, and the summer, well........ IT'S  More