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Tuscaloosa, AL vs Harrisonburg, VA

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

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

#111 2005 Best Places to Live

#299 Best Green Cities

#18 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

#23 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#50 Best Green Cities

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More