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Albany, NY vs Farmington, NM

#1 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#7 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#10 2005 High Gas Prices

#11 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#12 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#12 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#17 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#19 2005 Best Places to Live

#22 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#25 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#35 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#43 Best Green Cities

#49 The Most Single Cities

#49 Stressful Cities 2012

#55 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#59 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#89 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#91 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#240 2005 Best Places to Live

#0 Best Green Cities

#20 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

#332 Best Green Cities

I live relatively close to Albany, and I gotta say, its a great city. I think it has a lot of good places for food, good living spaces, nice jobs and offices, and I  More

I’ve lived just outside of Albany in Clifton Park and its always been decent for me. The town is nice and theres a lot to do. The prices are a little expensive including  More

Good place to retire. Walkable. Young people. Buses. Sidewalks. Feel safe here in Whitehall neighborhood. Plenty to do. Taxes in ny are high,but you get what you pay  More

The worst place I have ever lived. It is dirty, crime ridden, uneducated and good luck getting good medical care. San Juan anything sucks. Unfriendly, ugly, dusty,  More

No social life, limited resources, dirty roads with potholes, unclean people, litter, no recreational resources of any value. Employment opportunities don't exist, lack  More

World class fly fishing (San Juan shuffle!), nearby colorado skiing, and perhaps one of the best climates in the continental US (average western summer with mild winter,  More