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Oakdale Ranked
#39 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#42 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#93 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#215 Best Green Cities
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#316 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Madison

Madison Ranked
#52 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#94 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#226 2005 Best Places to Live
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#356 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Oakdale    3 Reviews

I have lived here for about 10 years. Except for rush hour traffic on F Street the area is relatively quiet. We are the "Gateway to Yosemite" in that both California  More

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Over 16 years ago

October through May are great months. It doesn't snow here, but the temp might drop to high 30's at night during the winter. During spring, we have some windy days with  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have lived in this community for 30 years. We have raised our children here. We like the area and the town. The town doesn't offer enough shopping but the close city  More

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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