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Leland, NC vs Smithfield, UT

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

#266 2005 Best Places to Live

#336 Best Green Cities

#4 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

#5 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

#6 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#99 Best Green Cities

Possibly a 5 Star Place to live. No concerns about crime in Leland. The only reason I would not give 5 stars would be: town is still developing--so not everything is  More

Having grown older, I find myself increasingly intolerant of cold weather, but the type of winter weather here mimics that of my home state, Texas, and I hated it  More

We've been in Leland for almost 2 months now. We really like it here. We transplanted from Brevard County Florida, and we used to commute for everything at least 30  More

Your website knows absolutly nothing about small cities or communities...to prove my point here is what is on your website...and I quote 93.26% of people are white,  More

The weather here in the summer is perfect! Its the winters that are sooo cold. If you like to ski or snowmobile it wonderful for those things. The crime rate here is  More