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Rankings for North Myrtle Beach

North Myrtle Beach Ranked
#108 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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North Myrtle Beach Ranked
#266 2005 Best Places to Live
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#336 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Lawton

Lawton Ranked
#75 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawton Ranked
#89 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawton Ranked
#159 2005 Best Places to Live
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Lawton Ranked
#190 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for North Myrtle Beach    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

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Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More

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Reviews for Lawton    45 Reviews

If I could give this place less than a star I would. When we moved down here from Pennsylvania we expected southern hospitality. This town is so far from that its  More

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It's a military town with nothing to offer. People will say cheap gas, cheap property, decent climate and museums. Yes this is all true of Lawton Oklahoma, BUT that's  More

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The only good thing about Lawton is that it's close to a nice wildlife refuge, which has great hiking, and some buffalo. Lawton tricked U.S. businesses into coming into  More

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