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Springfield, MO vs Fountain, CO

#73 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#86 Best Green Cities

#119 2005 Best Places to Live

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#2 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#3 Best Cities After Military Service

#15 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#17 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#18 2005 Best Places to Live

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#53 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#55 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#61 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#63 2005 High Gas Prices

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#81 Drought-Riskiest Cities

For a town of 165,000 we have entertainment options far above similar sized communities. Pro Baseball, Bass Pro, Hammons Hall. Art Museums, Wonders of Wildlife  More

We're somewhat new to this area... having recently moved from AZ. We find the residents are more polite and generally much nicer here. Residents actually have a  More

So much wrong in this town I don't know where to start. Apparently, all the a$$ holes of the state circle over Springfield. The do-nothing cops are worthless, as is the  More

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More