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Tarboro Ranked
#15 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Tarboro Ranked
#99 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Tarboro Ranked
#255 Best Green Cities
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Tarboro Ranked
#301 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Columbia

Columbia Ranked
#52 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Columbia Ranked
#103 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Columbia Ranked
#118 Best Green Cities
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Columbia Ranked
#189 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Tarboro    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Tarboro is a small town, but big on hospitality. The people are very friendly and helpful. I moved here almost 4 yrs ago and neighbors welcomed me to the neighborhood  More

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There is nothing here. Nothing for kids to do, nothing for adults to do. The schools are terrible. Your kids will not have a chance in life if they go to Tarboro city  More

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Over 17 years ago

Tarboro is a small town and honestly there is nothing to do here. I have lived here for 4 yrs (my family have lived here much longer, and you have to drive 16-20 miles  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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