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Steubenville, OH vs Portsmouth, OH

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

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

#217 2005 Best Places to Live

#360 Best Green Cities

#287 2005 Best Places to Live

Terrible area, no restaurants, no stores. One of the deadest areas in the USA. Corruption everywhere. If you are not one of the local attorneys, good luck on starting a  More

I moved to Steubenville from Youngstown on April 1, 1991 and have never regretted it. Steubenville has so much to offer with few drawbacks, we have two colleges in the  More

I grew up and moved back to the area about 15 years ago to a neighboring town that shares the same zip code. This place is very depressed and hasn't improved even with  More

Portsmouth is a poor town. However, Shawnee State University is located there--a good place to get a highly-affordable college education. The people there are very  More