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Wilmore, KY vs Columbia, MO

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I lived in Wilmore for several years until a few months ago and moved to Nicholasville,and while in Wilmore I thought that Wilmore would be a nice calm place,but it was  More

Wilmore Elementary in Wilmore, Kentucky is an excellent school. It scores high on tests,  More

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More