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Ormond-by-the-Sea, FL vs Gulf Shores, AL

#14 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#66 2005 Best Places to Live

#78 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#92 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#227 Best Green Cities

For a vibrant 44 yr. old single woman coming here fr. Manhattan 8 yrs. ago, I am still in culture shock. This is a vacation/retirement community. Jobs are slim to none,  More

Owned a place there for 20 years and spend a few weeks each season there. Heading back in a few weeks! Lows: Spotty internet for work. Saturday traffic. Hurricanes.  More

I know that there are a few people out there that would just as soon throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying what I’m about to say, but I hate, hate, HATE living in Gulf  More

Gulf Shores offers many sunny days, compared to the rest of Baldwin County.  More