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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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Rankings for Asheville

Asheville Ranked
#8 2005 Best Places to Live
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Asheville Ranked
#25 Best Green Cities
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Asheville Ranked
#32 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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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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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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