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Marion, IA vs Bellevue, NE

#18 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

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

#84 Best Green Cities

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

#207 2005 Best Places to Live

#2 Best Cities After Military Service

#3 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

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

#6 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#9 Best Places for Military Retirees

#14 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#17 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#28 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#37 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#60 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#64 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#71 The Most Single Cities

#72 2005 High Gas Prices

#81 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#85 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#90 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#179 Best Green Cities

#201 2005 Best Places to Live

I've lived in Marion for ~22 years now, and it has its pros (+) and cons (-): + Marion is one of the safest places to live in the country. + The cost of living vs  More

Marion is clean, affordable and has one of the lowest crime rates in the state. The people here are friendly and helpful. Marion shares a border with Cedar Rapids  More

Marion is one of the fastest growing communities in Iowa. We have a highly educated workforce, affordable housing, low crime and excellent education. Plus, there is much  More

Excellent place to live.   More

I lived Bellevue for 4 years. I never lived in the Midwest so I wasn’t sure how I was going to like it, but I really enjoyed my stay there. I see this area as having the  More

The people are friendly and the city is small enough to have hometown values. The community is a great place to raise  More