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Raleigh, NC vs West Monroe, LA

#8 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#16 Best Green Cities

#18 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#68 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

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

#247 2005 Best Places to Live

#347 Best Green Cities

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

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

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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I was born and raised in West Monroe. I currently reside in Monroe, but I teach in West Monroe. There are pros and cons about West Monroe like anywhere else you may  More

This town is very sports oriented, therefore if your child doesn't play a sport there isn't very much to do  More