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Waynesville, NC vs Gonzales, LA

#8 2005 Best Places to Live

#25 Best Green Cities

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

#16 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#17 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#33 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#43 The Most Single Cities

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#74 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#78 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#95 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#295 2005 Best Places to Live

#338 Best Green Cities

The post below was written a little less than 10 years ago and only a few months prior to my move to Waynesville. Anyone who moves to any city should do research before  More

Waynesville is a small town trying to keep up with the big dogs across the mountains. It puts on shows and have festivals downtown but it is not good enough. I have  More

For those of us who weren't reared there, Waynesville, NC lends itself best to being a small-town retirement community. The "Gateway to the Smokies" is a blissfully  More

Quality of Life is like a mantra here, unfortunately more of a political one. The area is growing at an astounding rate but mostly in my opinion due to location. Right  More

Gonzales (and surrounding area) is a fair town to live in. Not much to brag about, little or no excitement except youth sports, but then there is very little crime here  More

A very family oriented place with little to no cultural activities outside of regional ones. Be prepared to feel like a 'stranger in a strange land'  More