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Rankings for Redding

Redding Ranked
#8 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Redding Ranked
#39 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Redding Ranked
#144 Best Green Cities
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Redding Ranked
#177 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for The Villages

The Villages Ranked
#45 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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The Villages Ranked
#58 2005 Best Places to Live
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The Villages Ranked
#189 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Redding    61 Reviews

What an amazing place to live. No place is perfect but the people here are friendly with several parks nearby and many miles of trails from Road Biking to MBT. Check out  More

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Take a hike if you don't like different points of view, religious or generally conservative people. No one will miss you. California has been going in the wrong  More

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Over 5 years ago

I retired to Redding 6 years ago and I can truthfully say that I made a huge mistake. If you are looking to move to an area that has; thriving arts scene, gourmet  More

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Reviews for The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 5 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Over 6 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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