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Greenville, SC is a mid-sized city in the upstate of South Carolina with a lot to offer. It has been ranked highly by BestPlaces, an organization that measures livability based on factors like housing affordability, crime rate, public school quality, and climate. In fact, Greenville was recently ranked #1 in economic growth potential, #2 on the list of best places to retire in SC and #6 on the list of best cities for young professionals. With its thriving job market and affordable cost of living, it's no wonder Greenville is becoming an increasingly popular place to call home.

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#1 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
A new analysis, which ranked the 50 worst cities for respiratory infections in the United States, names Greenville, South Caroli... Read More

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#9 America's Migraine Hot Spots
Everybody gets a headache now and then, but did you know that the severe headaches known as migraines affect over 29 million Am... Read More

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#9 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#41 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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#64 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
Bars and clubs that promote the ubiquitous "Ladies Night" might be surprised to find their citys gender gap favors the men. S... Read More

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#66 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

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#80 2005 Best Places to Live
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#90 The Most Single Cities
As interesting as the nation as a whole is trending, Sperling said, we want to see which places had the greatest percentage of si... Read More

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#90 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#230 Best Green Cities
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My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 2 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  More

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