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McMinnville, OR vs Waynesville, NC

#1 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#2 America's Top Hygge Cities

#2 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#2 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#2 Gloomiest Places in America

#3 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#4 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#4 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#5 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#5 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

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

#6 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#7 America's Most Playful Cities

#8 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

#10 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#11 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#11 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#12 2005 Best Places to Live

#13 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

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

#16 Healthiest Cities

#16 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#17 Best Block Party Places

#20 Stressful Cities 2012

#20 Best Baseball Cities

#23 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#23 Failure To Lunch

#26 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#27 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#27 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#35 Most Energetic Cities

#37 Hypertension Hot Spots

#37 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#39 The Most Single Cities

#40 Sleepless Cities 2011

#40 Best Green Cities

#43 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#47 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#47 America’s Manliest Cities

#49 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#50 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#51 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#70 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#71 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#76 2005 High Gas Prices

#82 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#8 2005 Best Places to Live

#25 Best Green Cities

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

I lived in McMinnville for 4 years. The Air quality you listed for this quaint little town in a bit off. The Willamette Valley had some serious smoke issues from a Big  More

If it sounds too good to be true, chances are, it is. So it goes with "The People's Republic of Oregon", one of the most patently dishonest marketing labels ever applied  More

I enjoy living here in the North west in Mcminnville, Oregon! It's clean,beautiful,and a more family oriented town! I miss my kids and some family in Central Valley  More

The post below was written a little less than 10 years ago and only a few months prior to my move to Waynesville. Anyone who moves to any city should do research before  More

Waynesville is a small town trying to keep up with the big dogs across the mountains. It puts on shows and have festivals downtown but it is not good enough. I have  More

For those of us who weren't reared there, Waynesville, NC lends itself best to being a small-town retirement community. The "Gateway to the Smokies" is a blissfully  More