2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Syracuse, NY vs Martinsburg, WV

#3 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

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

#13 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#16 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#39 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#44 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

#57 Best Green Cities

#59 The Most Single Cities

#61 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#73 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#73 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#87 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#246 2005 Best Places to Live

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

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

#184 2005 Best Places to Live

#287 Best Green Cities

I've lived in Syracuse, NY my entire life. The majority of my family and friends are from here as well. I love the Syracuse sports teams and have done so since I was a  More

I was born 30 miles from Syracuse,, moved away to travel all over the USA, living in about 8 different cities, then came to live in Syracuse, NY. I have been here for 20  More

I’ll start by saying I’ve lived here my whole life. I have only lived here but can’t wait to move out. I’ll lay out some pros and cons. Pros: it has a decent downtown  More

We moved to Martinsburg for retirement, and we love it. Unfortunately, I have to agree with the other comments in this list. People are unlikely to stay, given the lack  More

I've lived here for seven years and I love it here. People talk about crime however the majority of it is drug use and is a national problem. The police do a pretty  More

I have lived in the area since 2001. This is an honest review: The Good and Bad: 1. At least there are no ridiculous riots going on. People here have some sense.  More