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Rankings for The Villages

The Villages Ranked
#45 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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The Villages Ranked
#58 2005 Best Places to Live
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The Villages Ranked
#189 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Waynesville

Waynesville Ranked
#8 2005 Best Places to Live
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Waynesville Ranked
#25 Best Green Cities
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Waynesville Ranked
#32 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Reviews for The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 4 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Over 5 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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Reviews for Waynesville    4 Reviews

The post below was written a little less than 10 years ago and only a few months prior to my move to Waynesville. Anyone who moves to any city should do research before  More

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Over 17 years ago

Waynesville is a small town trying to keep up with the big dogs across the mountains. It puts on shows and have festivals downtown but it is not good enough. I have  More

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For those of us who weren't reared there, Waynesville, NC lends itself best to being a small-town retirement community. The "Gateway to the Smokies" is a blissfully  More

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