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Rankings for Madison

Madison Ranked
#26 Best Block Party Places
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#43 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#69 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#91 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#94 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#178 2005 Best Places to Live
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#323 Best Green Cities
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#350 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Panama City Beach

Panama City Beach Ranked
#11 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Panama City Beach Ranked
#107 Best Green Cities
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Panama City Beach Ranked
#108 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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#252 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Madison    19 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Forget everything you've heard about Mississippi. In 30 years, Madison and Ridgeland, sister cities, have grown from being whistle stop railroad communities into two of  More

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Madison is a beautiful city. I have been leaving here for 1year. Love it!! It's safe and has best school system in Mississippi.  More

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The Madison County area just north of Jackson is a growning community with excellent school systems both public and private. This provides oppportunity to select the  More

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Reviews for Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived here since 2001 and have seen many changes, mainly for the good. Although in the last couple years, and even more so after Hurricane Michael the cost of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I loved this area until I heard the property owners/corporations increased peoples rents between 30% to 90% that were still recovering from last years  More

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Over 12 years ago

Pannama city lived in the neighboring area 6 years loved it . I think you expect to much from such a small town as for the papermill you either put up with the smell or  More

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