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Merced, CA vs Lampasas, TX

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

#289 Best Green Cities

#328 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#154 2005 Best Places to Live

#219 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

I lived her 14 months and will state there is nothing here. It is a semi country down. Not much class some good churches not the best medical care. Only one HEB and a  More

Lampasas Texas combines electric, water, sewer, and trash in one bill. The electric alone for a 1300 sq ft house with 1 person living in it is $282.00 a month. The  More