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Longview, TX vs Richmond, KY

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

#143 2005 Best Places to Live

#370 Best Green Cities

#1 Most Affordable Colleges

I was born and raised here. I don't recommend it. I love religious people but the religious culture here is so suffocating. I felt like I couldn't breath or be  More

The schools are substandard. Bullying is part of the culture, not only in the schools, but in the work places. The good jobs are 'hidden' - you have to know someone to  More

Longview, Texas is a growing Northeast Texas town of about 80,000. Lots of families raise their children  More

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More