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Van Buren, AR vs Bolivia, NC

#69 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#322 2005 Best Places to Live

#355 Best Green Cities

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#266 2005 Best Places to Live

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We moved to Arkansas (and to Van Buren) 4 years ago from the metro Houston, Texas area. We were sick of the traffic and crime that comes with living in a large city.   More

I don't like Arkansas. It's pretty, but the pay sucks. Taxes are very high, and so are  More

Awesome area. Besides the run down trailers, and homes, many not even being lived in, we tried to find find negative issues, and they just don't exist. It will take  More

Why does it cost over 5% more to live in Brunswick County, NC then the US as a whole? James  More