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Rankings for Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti Ranked
#6 2005 Best Places to Live
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#11 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#11 Best Green Cities
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#12 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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#95 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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Rankings for Meridian

Meridian Ranked
#11 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.
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#21 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#41 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#46 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#47 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#53 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#68 2005 Best Places to Live
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#168 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Ypsilanti    7 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have been in Michigan all my life. I was born in Detroit and moved to Ypsilanti to raise my family. Ypsi is about 35 minutes outside of Detroit and it's nice to  More

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Over 17 years ago

Ypsilanti appears to be a safe college town, but upon closer look it is evident that it is a crime-ridden city. Be safe, never travel alone during the night or early  More

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Over 18 years ago

My life in Ypsi was wonderful. Worked at the Kaiser Frazer plant for 3 years My first born (Girl) was born there. Wish to return. Winters were cold and summers were  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 7 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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