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Rankings for Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa Ranked
#64 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Tuscaloosa Ranked
#100 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Tuscaloosa Ranked
#111 2005 Best Places to Live
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Tuscaloosa Ranked
#299 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Wausau

Wausau Ranked
#5 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Wausau Ranked
#94 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Wausau Ranked
#106 Best Green Cities
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Wausau Ranked
#208 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

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

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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

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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

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Reviews for Wausau    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I visited Wausau during the summer and it was a very nice change from Phoenix. The people were friendly & helpful. It was a little humid than what I’m used to but  More

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Beautiful area geographically but beneath that beauty are some of the most overly conservative, unfriendly, judgemental people anywhere. Very hard to make friends here  More

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I LIVED IN WAUSAU WI OVER 23 YEARS AGO. I RELOCATED TO WYOMING IN 1990 FOR GOVERMENT POSITION. NOW RETIRED FROM FEDERAL SERVICE, I WILL BE MOVING BACK TO THE UPPER  More

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