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Salem, OR vs Rocky Mount, NC

#7 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#7 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#15 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas

#54 Best Green Cities

#72 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#82 2005 High Gas Prices

#100 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#141 2005 Best Places to Live

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

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

#255 Best Green Cities

#301 2005 Best Places to Live

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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

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

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