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Abilene, TX vs Apache Junction, AZ

#32 2005 Best Places to Live

#60 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#85 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#116 Best Green Cities

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#10 America's Most Playful Cities

#10 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#13 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#15 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#18 Stressful Cities 2012

#19 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#20 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#21 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#21 Healthiest Cities

#21 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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#23 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

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#28 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#32 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#32 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#33 Most Energetic Cities

#33 Hypertension Hot Spots

#33 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#33 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#34 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#35 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#37 The Most Single Cities

#38 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#38 Sleepless Cities 2011

#40 2005 High Gas Prices

#40 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#42 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#44 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#44 Best Block Party Places

#45 America's Top Hygge Cities

#45 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#50 Gloomiest Places in America

#54 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#72 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#80 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#115 Best Green Cities

#273 2005 Best Places to Live

I've lived in 9 states, traveled over much of the U.S., and Abilene TEXAS is by far the best city I've ever lived. I find it beautiful here, love the climate and low  More

We moved to Abilene for a military assignment and have never got out of here. We stayed initially for children and grandchildren then elderly parents. Now we can't  More

I've lived in Abilene for the last 45 years and It's the best place to raise a family. Great churches, schools, jobs and sense of community. There is always something  More

Apache Junction is more or less a retirement town for those who are not middle class or upper income. It is for those who can not afford to work anymore and live out  More

i love it here. and it is easy to find a home people are always willing to help you out when you are in  More

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