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Rankings for Merced

Merced Ranked
#79 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Merced Ranked
#289 Best Green Cities
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Merced Ranked
#328 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Shreveport

Shreveport Ranked
#6 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Highest Risk)
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Shreveport Ranked
#6 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters
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Shreveport Ranked
#60 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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Shreveport Ranked
#94 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Shreveport Ranked
#242 2005 Best Places to Live
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Shreveport Ranked
#331 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

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

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Over 5 years ago

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

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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

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Reviews for Shreveport    29 Reviews

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More

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