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Phoenix, OR vs Boone, IA

#20 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#38 Best Green Cities

#70 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#72 2005 Best Places to Live

As long as you grew up here, or have a relative who did, you will do just fine. Outsiders...they don't want them! Other than a railroad employee, or two, in 5 years, I  More

Lived there 5 years; other than a few railroad employees, everyone I ran into was related to someone in the community. Most are either resistant to change, or have a  More

Lived there 5 years; other than a few railroad employees, everyone I ran into was related to someone in the community. Most are either resistant to change, or have a  More