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Visalia, CA vs Oakdale, CA

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

#91 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#211 2005 Best Places to Live

#281 Best Green Cities

#39 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#42 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#215 Best Green Cities

#316 2005 Best Places to Live

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

I have lived here for about 10 years. Except for rush hour traffic on F Street the area is relatively quiet. We are the "Gateway to Yosemite" in that both California  More

October through May are great months. It doesn't snow here, but the temp might drop to high 30's at night during the winter. During spring, we have some windy days with  More

We have lived in this community for 30 years. We have raised our children here. We like the area and the town. The town doesn't offer enough shopping but the close city  More