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Rankings for Vallejo

Vallejo Ranked
#46 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Vallejo Ranked
#78 2005 Best Places to Live
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Vallejo Ranked
#193 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Durham

Durham Ranked
#8 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Durham Ranked
#16 Best Green Cities
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Durham Ranked
#18 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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Durham Ranked
#68 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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Reviews for Durham    43 Reviews

I was raised in this city, left for work in the 2010s, and returned in 2018. This city has changed a lot over the years for the better. Growing up there was not a ton to  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in durham for a few years and my experience is coming from someone who has traveled all over the world and has lived in many different states. First things  More

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Over 4 years ago

I live here for my entire life and it has never gotten boring, I love the scenery, nightlife and basically everything here. There is always something new to do and  More

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