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Rankings for Lubbock

Lubbock Ranked
#99 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Lubbock Ranked
#120 2005 Best Places to Live
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Lubbock Ranked
#254 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Santa Fe

Santa Fe Ranked
#2 2005 Best Places to Live
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Santa Fe Ranked
#9 America’s Best Cities for Foodies
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Santa Fe Ranked
#30 Best Green Cities
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Santa Fe Ranked
#42 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Santa Fe Ranked
#69 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Reviews for Lubbock    28 Reviews

Just wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions? I plan on retiring in Lubbock,Texas. I plan on renting. Where would be the best area for my family to live? What  More

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Sad to learn how dangerous this West Texas town has become. Completely, over taken with Down trodden people who have little. Burglaries happen hourly at a ridiculous  More

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I was born and raised in Lubbock. More or less,I spent about 30 years of my life there. I will start with the positive. It is a well established and well built city with  More

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Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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