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Spartanburg Ranked
#377 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Lawrence

Lawrence Ranked
#53 Best Green Cities
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Lawrence Ranked
#73 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawrence Ranked
#97 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Lawrence Ranked
#194 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Spartanburg    26 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

The library system is the stellar but numbers shown here are just wrong or are outdated- the area has exploded and with growth and costs are way up and services way  More

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Over 7 years ago

Made the choice to move here 3 years ago. I am single and retired and the cost of living here is much better than a lot of places. Less traffic, unemployment rate is  More

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Over 9 years ago

We moved here, from another state, 6 years ago. We love it! Real Estate is so economical. The weather is nice, year round. Summers do get hot. Great hospitals. The  More

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Reviews for Lawrence    19 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I don't know why people have written negative reviews about Lawrence, but I have lived here for two years and love it. The quality of life is great - it is a college  More

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Over 12 years ago

Great college town, wonderful people and community. Fun  More

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Over 13 years ago

While I was a grad student at KU I lived in Lawrence, KS. I was unimpressed by the town and even less impressed by the over-inflated ego of its inhabitants. Let's be  More

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