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Pittsfield, MA vs Kalamazoo, MI

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

#14 Best Green Cities

#14 Most Competitive Private Colleges

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

#243 2005 Best Places to Live

#14 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#89 Best Green Cities

#237 2005 Best Places to Live

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More