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Rankings for Sparks

Sparks Ranked
#9 2005 Best Places to Live
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#60 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#63 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#131 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Janesville

Janesville Ranked
#27 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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#67 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Janesville Ranked
#131 2005 Best Places to Live
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#205 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Sparks    14 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Nice place to live. Lots of events, recreation, and  More

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LOVE it! Fifth generation Reno/Sparks native. Paternal great grandparents born and raised in Reno. Sparks has an old fashioned home town feeling. I love Sparks! Great  More

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Over 17 years ago

Do not listen to the Californian. Sparks has all 4 seasons. It does snow here but the snow is very wet and melts quickly and it does not snow six months out of the year.  More

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Reviews for Janesville    12 Reviews

Beautiful City - on an Ice Age Trail. I moved here during the Covid thing so it is hard to tell how friendly people are. The government seems closed - encouraged by  More

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My Wife and I have lived here for the last 2 years. Janesville is the pit of Hell. Nothing to do here, especially during the winter time. Closest places are 45 min to  More

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Janesville has pros and cons to living here depending on what is important to you. Janesville has a cheap cost of living and liberal-below average schools. Since you can  More

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