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Montgomery, AL vs Lynchburg, VA

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

#258 2005 Best Places to Live

#315 Best Green Cities

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

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

#15 2005 Best Places to Live

#171 Best Green Cities

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

This city is too  More

Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

Lynchburg, VA, absolutely SUCKS. I'm a native Lynchburger. I moved away when I was 5 & came back when I was 13. These people can't drive to save their lives. They don't  More

There is much that I like about Lynchburg. The scenery is pretty, lots of historic architecture, well mannered Southerners. But, it is dominated by Jerry Falwell's  More

I have lived in Lynchburg for twenty years and I am very happy  More