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Sedona, AZ vs Cottonwood (Shasta County), CA

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

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

#244 2005 Best Places to Live

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

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

#144 Best Green Cities

#177 2005 Best Places to Live

Sedona was a great place to live back in the 90's. Its still very good but has now been ruined by tourists. Most of the tourists come from Southern California and  More

Sedona is an absolutely ****ty and overrated place to live in. The people there are nasty to the tourists and there is barely any good food in the grocery stores. We  More

I LOVE Sedona. I believe most people living here do too. I think this site mixed up part of the description with Flagstaff’s since it says some of the same. Hopefully  More

The wife and I moved here from the S.F. Bay Area and find quaint Cottonwood is a little slice of Heaven. I love to walk the dog down to Cottonwood "creek" or the  More

I have lived in Cottonwood for the past 7 years, relocating from Southern California. It is a beautiful place to live. A bit isolated in many ways. In order to get  More

I lived in Cottonwood CA, for about 5 years, and it was a mix of family, close friends, and wide open space. We had snow at times in the Winter, and the Summers may  More