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Nashua Ranked
#6 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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#7 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#10 Best Places for Military Retirees
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#55 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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#78 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#151 2005 Best Places to Live
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#238 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Columbus

Columbus Ranked
#14 Emerging Metropolitan Areas
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Columbus Ranked
#298 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Nashua    13 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Twenty or so years ago, this was a pretty nice city. Convenient and safe. Now, at least over the past decade-to-decade and a half, it's changed for the worse. Mainly the  More

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Did a short term stay here for work, it was the most depressing place I could ever imagine. Boring, unfriendly people, freezing winter, crap restaurants, and horrible  More

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Over 10 years ago

I have lived in many places across southern NH - and Nashua is by far the most community oriented place I have lived. The Library, Main Street initiatives, and parks  More

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Reviews for Columbus    16 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I grew up in Columbus Indiana and returned 38 years later after retiring. Columbus has always been a unique place to live and well above average for Indiana. However,  More

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Columbus is a beautiful town for young families or up and coming professionals. It has great restaurants, parks, architecture, and diverse recreation.   More

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Columbus is a friendly town that is welcoming to people from all backgrounds. It provides lots of amenities for young families with very close proximity to big cities  More

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