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Newark, DE is a city with a long and proud history, and one of its most prominent features is its rankings. According to the bestplaces rankings, Newark has an overall ranking of 4.6 out of 10, with the categories “Cost of Living” and “Crime” both rated at 6 out of 10. Newark also has great ratings for “Education” and “Employment” which are 8 out of 10 each. Additionally, Newark ranks highly for its weather conditions and quality of life, both being 7 out of 10. The city is also considered to be very walkable, scoring 9 out of 10 in that category. Overall, these rankings put Newark in a good position with regard to living standards compared to other cities.

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#3 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking
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#3 Sleepless Cities 2011
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#6 Best Cities for Seniors 2005
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#6 Most Irritation Prone Cities
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#7 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas
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#7 Best Places for Military Retirees
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#9 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#10 Most Congested Cities
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#10 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
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#12 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011
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#14 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers
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#14 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
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#16 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
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#16 The Most Single Cities
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#16 Fiscally Fit Cities Report
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#16 Gloomiest Places in America
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#17 Failure To Lunch
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#17 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#19 America's Most Playful Cities
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#19 Best Block Party Places
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#20 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
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#21 America’s Least Manly Cities
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#21 Hypertension Hot Spots
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#23 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
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#23 Stressful Cities 2012
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#23 Best Baseball Cities
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#24 Healthiest Cities
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#25 America's Top Hygge Cities
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#29 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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#30 America’s Manliest Cities
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#30 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft
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#31 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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#32 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#32 Most Energetic Cities
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#32 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep
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#33 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
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#35 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
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#35 2005 High Gas Prices
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#37 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement
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#38 America's Riskiest Online Cities
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#40 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#49 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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#50 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#55 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
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#57 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#76 2005 Best Places to Live
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#88 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#195 Best Green Cities
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#261 Best Green Cities
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#263 Best Green Cities
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Over 12 years ago

Generally, Delaware public schools are dreadful. Most people that can afford it choose to invest in their child or children by sending them anywhere but to a Delaware  More

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I have lived in Newark for 27 years. My great-grandmother owned the Windy Hills development when it was a farm, and my father even grew up in the same house that I did.  More

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I am thinking of moving to Newark, but wanted to know if commuting to Philly is possible, especially outside of 9-5 hours. I see PATCO runs to Newark, but I don't know  More

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