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Madison, WI vs Alliance, OH

#1 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#2 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#6 Best Places for Military Retirees

#7 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#8 Best Green Cities

#12 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#16 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

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

#32 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#37 2005 Best Places to Live

#37 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#68 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#87 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#3 Most Affordable Colleges

#13 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#34 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#41 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#42 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#51 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#58 The Most Single Cities

#68 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#68 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#76 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#99 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#291 2005 Best Places to Live

#346 Best Green Cities

Unfortunately, a number of these reviews are politically based. Madison remains the only shining star in Wisconsin’s economy. The economy is broadly based, with  More

Have been living in Madison for almost 3 years. It’s very safe, ppl generally friendly and for a town of its size it has fair number of good restaurants and interesting  More

Lacks balance and zero accountability.   More

We love the area and the people but the weather has us considering our  More

Alliance is a nice place for a kid to grow up. The city is small and so are the schools, so you get to know most everyone. It is a great community with a few nice parks,  More