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Provo Ranked
#5 Most Affordable Colleges
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#31 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#46 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#62 Best Green Cities
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#85 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#146 2005 Best Places to Live
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Raleigh Ranked
#8 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Raleigh Ranked
#16 Best Green Cities
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#18 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#68 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Reviews for Provo    21 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was born in Provo and have lived in a few cities nearby my entire life. While I was raised in a semi-Mormon family, I am no longer LDS. I haven’t been for about 20  More

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Over 7 years ago

I live in Mississippi and im 15. Im looking for somewhere to relocate when I graduate college. Even though im 15 and I have a long way ahead before I even graduate  More

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Great Quality of life. People are  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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