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Oxford, CT vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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The overview of Oxford seems odd to me as it lists, as part of the cons, areas of urban decay. Not sure how, where or what they were looking at. Oxford was once a  More

Oxford is a lovely town but offers little to no service and taxes it's residents out of their homes. Too bad because it wasn't always that way but the current political  More

Nice people. Lots of community  More

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More