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Rocky Mount Ranked
#15 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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#99 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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#255 Best Green Cities
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#301 2005 Best Places to Live
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Harrisburg Ranked
#1 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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Harrisburg Ranked
#7 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#14 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
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#19 America’s Least Manly Cities
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Harrisburg Ranked
#21 Best Green Cities
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Harrisburg Ranked
#26 America’s Manliest Cities
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Harrisburg Ranked
#32 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
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Harrisburg Ranked
#40 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
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Harrisburg Ranked
#43 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Harrisburg Ranked
#44 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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Harrisburg Ranked
#46 2005 Best Places to Live
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Harrisburg Ranked
#68 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
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Harrisburg Ranked
#99 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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Reviews for Rocky Mount    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Anarchy. Not a good place to live. People drag race up and down the roads at all hours when elderly relatives and neighbors are trying to sleep, and the police here do  More

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Okay, I'm writing this review because I use this site a lot. I think there's some mis-information about Rocky Mount here. Truth be made known, it is neither as good, nor  More

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Over 14 years ago

I move from Washington DC to rocky mount nc nov2008 and I sold my home in Dc and brought a home in rockymount cash money.But Know ready to leave should I hold on to this  More

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Reviews for Harrisburg    23 Reviews

I wouldn't recommend Harrisburg. I currently live here, but I'm moving to Lancaster in a month. The problem with Harrisburg is that many long-term residents often refer  More

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Over 8 years ago

I moved to Harrisburg right after college and have been here for about 6 years now. This city is OK. Downtown has some nicer restaurants, but still has just as many  More

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Having lived here many years I've noticed that some people are very nice but most won't give you the time of day.Due to many years of "lifetime" politicians, the city is  More

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