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Montgomery, AL vs San Miguel (San Luis Obispo County), CA

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

#258 2005 Best Places to Live

#315 Best Green Cities

#3 2005 Best Places to Live

#10 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

#64 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

If you can afford to retire here, then, yes, it's a great place to be! However, those who sing the praises of this county have no idea how they have destroyed the  More