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Van Buren, AR vs Roland, OK

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

#322 2005 Best Places to Live

#355 Best Green Cities

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

#322 2005 Best Places to Live

#355 Best Green Cities

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

The cost of living in Roland is amongst the lowest in the  More

I love Roland I guess it is because ive lived here my whole life and even now at age 22 i am still not used to the summers and winters but if your A hick like me, you  More

Local incomes are several thousand dollars below average for the USA as a whole. In part, this is attributable to the fact Roland is a bedroom community of Ft. Smith,  More