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Madison Ranked
#52 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Madison Ranked
#94 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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Madison Ranked
#226 2005 Best Places to Live
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Madison Ranked
#356 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Florence

Florence Ranked
#18 Best Green Cities
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Florence Ranked
#21 2005 Best Places to Live
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Florence Ranked
#62 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
Gas prices have recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down any time soon. The average U.S. family with tw... Read More

Florence Ranked
#77 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Florence Ranked
#81 2005 High Gas Prices
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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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Reviews for Florence    13 Reviews

I'd like to retire to Florence from Southern California. San Diego is too crowded with dirty water from Mexico. It's also too expensive in coastal California and even  More

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I have concerns about the bear and cougar sitings Has anyone actually been attacked or killed? Should that stop me from moving to  More

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Over 8 years ago

We vacationed here every year for 15 years. Finally we bought a home within walking distance to the ocean three months ago. We love it. There is rain and fog, but the  More

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