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Rankings for Lenoir

Lenoir Ranked
#28 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Lenoir Ranked
#254 2005 Best Places to Live
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Lenoir Ranked
#268 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Muncie

Muncie Ranked
#45 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Muncie Ranked
#45 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Muncie Ranked
#90 2005 Best Places to Live
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Muncie Ranked
#273 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Lenoir    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I wrote a positive review of Lenoir 4 years ago and my opinion of the town has nothing but improved since living here over time. They've added a new movie theater, new  More

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Over 11 years ago

I know the unemployment rate in Lenoir is not superb, but the lifestyle here is wonderful! I've lived outside Chicago, rural Oklahoma and New Hampshire, outside Ft.  More

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As a lifelong resident, one of the primary reasons I remained here was the abundance of employment. But in the late 90's we began a slow downturn, until many of the  More

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Reviews for Muncie    10 Reviews

We moved from Chicago to Muncie and we absolutely love it. The housing prices, taxes, proximity to major cities are all hard to  More

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Over 12 years ago

Muncie offers a nice home town feel with four season  More

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Over 12 years ago

Stay away from Muncie, Indiana. The houses might be cheap, (there's a reason) but the roads are terrible, the cost of living is not any different than anywhere else. The  More

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