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Porterville, CA vs Anderson, CA

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

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#211 2005 Best Places to Live

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Nobody speaks English... It`s overran by Mexican drug cartels! The best thing I EVER did was get the hell out of  More

Porterville is a small town in need of employment opportunities. Our crime rates are par with the rest of the US. The 1st generation immigrants are not the problem, they  More

I moved to Porterville 7 years ago when I moved from the east coast. My first impression was the nice cooler climate with the majestic mountains nearby so it was good  More

Got stabbed by a meth head, 3  More

We moved here seven years ago, from Livermore, CA. We find it very peaceful here with traffic jams being eight cars at a stop sign. No kidding, you can have all the  More

It really seems dirty and run-down. It is nothing like the town I remember back in the early  More