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St. Cloud, MN vs Elmira, NY

#11 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

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

#72 Best Green Cities

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

#136 2005 Best Places to Live

#4 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#13 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

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

#31 Best Green Cities

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

#288 2005 Best Places to Live

The scenery and the water is amazing here affordable living for retired people  More

Lived here previously, have friends that still do. i don't know why anyone stays. It is the armpit of the state. Smaller town, so everyone knows everyone and is in your  More

A Stabbing happened at a local mall. I would not recommend the school district either. I heard about bullying in the schools too. I would not recommend living in the  More

Elmira looks like the armpit of the earth. What happened? This could be gorgeous and has such potential. Heck, you've got Mark Twain's grave here, in a historic  More

I have been living in elmira for 17 years and it is a great place to live i feel safe almost all the time i run the streets with my friends, go hiking, bike riding there  More

JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT ELMIRA IS A DISGUSTING HOLE IN THE WORLD AND ITS RUN BY WILD MONKEES THAT ARE RUDE , DISGUSTING , ILLITERATE AND FILTHY PEOPLE THAT SHOW NO  More