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Merced, CA vs Boonville, IN

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

#289 Best Green Cities

#328 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#47 2005 Best Places to Live

#283 Best Green Cities

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

Nice area of the  More

Sorry, your information is completely wrong. The median home cost is much more than $81,000 and the school classroom sizes are well over 19 students per teacher.   More