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Rankings for Sebastopol

Sebastopol Ranked
#1 America’s Best Cities for Foodies
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#23 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Sebastopol Ranked
#137 Best Green Cities
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#166 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Chico

Chico Ranked
#20 Best Green Cities
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Chico Ranked
#43 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Chico Ranked
#281 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Sebastopol    6 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I lived in Sebastopol for 5 years. During my 50+ years on this planet, I have lived many places (New Jersey, NYC, New Zealand, San Diego, Hawaii, Maui, Ashland OR,  More

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Sebastopol, CA really is a great place to live. Located only 50 miles north of San Francisco in the beautiful Sonoma County Wine Country, Sebastopol retains its  More

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it may be pricey, but that really defines the town as who truly loves it. the cost of living is something to think about. i think it is a wonderful town and would be  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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