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Bristol, Connecticut is a small city located in the Northeastern region of the United States. It has a population of approximately 60,000 people and is part of the Hartford County. According to BestPlaces, Bristol ranks highly across a variety of metrics when compared to other cities. Most notably, it ranks within the top quartiles for education attainment, safety from natural disasters, cost of living and access to healthcare services. Additionally, Bristol’s crime rate is ranked #7 out of 10 in Connecticut - one of the lowest rates among cities throughout the state. Overall, Bristol ranks highly as an ideal place to live and raise a family due to its low cost of living and access to quality resources such as schools and health care facilities.

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#5 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement
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#6 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers
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#7 America's Top Hygge Cities
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#9 Failure To Lunch
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#12 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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#12 Gloomiest Places in America
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#14 America's Most Playful Cities
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#15 Most Energetic Cities
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#18 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#18 Best Airports to Make a Connection
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#20 2005 High Gas Prices
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#21 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#28 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft
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#33 The Most Single Cities
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#36 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#37 Sleepless Cities 2011
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#41 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
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#42 Most Irritation Prone Cities
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#43 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
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#52 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
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#58 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#61 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#78 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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#82 Best Green Cities
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#253 2005 Best Places to Live
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I moved to Bristol in 2003 to purchase a mid-size one family home. Bristol has a great deal of history to it...from clock making (we have the American Clock Museum), a  More

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I was born and raised in NJ, and spent many years living on Long Island, as well as living in upstate NY and other areas in CT. Bristol CT is by far the worst place I  More

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Over 15 years ago

Bristol, in a way can be deceiving. The schools in Bristol seem to be pretty decent, and it also features a park for children and their parents. In addition, it  More

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