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Rankings for Rock Island

Rock Island Ranked
#64 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Rock Island Ranked
#150 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rock Island Ranked
#211 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Longmont

Longmont Ranked
#1 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas
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Longmont Ranked
#2 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)
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Longmont Ranked
#7 Best Green Cities
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Longmont Ranked
#17 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Longmont Ranked
#58 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Longmont Ranked
#74 2005 High Gas Prices
Gas prices recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down. Today the average U.S. family with two drivers p... Read More

Longmont Ranked
#81 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
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Longmont Ranked
#142 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Longmont    19 Reviews

I lived here for 4 years and it's pretty nice. It gets cold and stays cold for a good 8 months, but other than that I loved it. There are a lot of amenities. It is  More

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Over 6 years ago

I just move from other state to Longmont. In my opinion Longmont is one of the safest city in US which is have a low crime, its great city to raised family .Has a great  More

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Fantastic place to live. Four golf courses, many parks, 10 minutes to the foothills and 40 minutes from the Rockies, the location is hard to beat if you want to be 45  More

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