re: Which SEC town offers the best quality of life?

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by dcbl quote: Before you run away and pick Nashville, consider that the cost of living is high there (for a city in the South and you don't get much bang for your buck housing wise). Also, Nashville will have a little more crime than other towns such as Fayetteville, Oxford, etc.

um, no, it doesn't education is also top notch

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This. Nashville is by far and away the best option, and it's extremely cheap. I would take Athens second. I have never been to college station, Tuscaloosa, or Oxford, but they sound top notch for small cities.

Auburn is a small town with a Walmart and some fields, nothing wrong with that of its what you want. I live outside of Columbia in Lexington. The university has done a lot to fix up this dump of a city. The CAE area has cheap housing and some decent growth and schools in Lexington County.

Nashville by far and away for a metro area, and Athens for a smaller city.