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Rankings for Salinas

Salinas Ranked
#26 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#105 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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Salinas Ranked
#132 Best Green Cities
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#153 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Santa Fe

Santa Fe Ranked
#2 2005 Best Places to Live
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Santa Fe Ranked
#9 America’s Best Cities for Foodies
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Santa Fe Ranked
#30 Best Green Cities
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Santa Fe Ranked
#42 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Santa Fe Ranked
#69 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Reviews for Salinas    15 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Sacred Heart School is a fine Catholic school in the heart of Salinas, Ca. Victoria Torcolini was principal of this PK-8 school from 2006-2009. Under her leadership, SHS  More

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Over 13 years ago

I Was born and raise in salinas. In 2006 my family moved to the central valley. I moved back to salinas in 2011. I moved back Because I got a better job in Carmel. I  More

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Salinas, California has some of the best weather in Central California. I love looking out at the mountain ranges that line the Salinas River Valley. It's a shame that  More

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Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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