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Shreveport Ranked
#6 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Highest Risk)
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Shreveport Ranked
#6 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters
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Shreveport Ranked
#60 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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Shreveport Ranked
#94 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Shreveport Ranked
#242 2005 Best Places to Live
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Shreveport Ranked
#331 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Melbourne

Melbourne Ranked
#7 Hurricane Hotspots
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Melbourne Ranked
#21 Drought-Riskiest Cities
Scientists are warning that raging brush fires could become routine. Florida is running out of water to meet the needs of its grow... Read More

Melbourne Ranked
#50 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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Melbourne Ranked
#62 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Melbourne Ranked
#64 2005 Best Places to Live
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Melbourne Ranked
#85 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

Melbourne Ranked
#252 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Shreveport    29 Reviews

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More

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Reviews for Melbourne    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Moved here from Ohio 3 months ago, trying not to be disappointed, there isn't much to do, its really small and shopping is bad. I wanted out of Cleveland but didn't  More

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I have lived in many areas of this town. It is growing and has a nice selection of older and very new areas. The access to beaches and parks is quick and well kept.   More

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The rating on here is accurate. Crime is rather high. There's shootings and killings constantly. If you're coming from another state, just check floridatoday.com at  More

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