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Anacortes, WA vs Bastrop, TX

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#2 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#3 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

#17 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

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

#2 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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#3 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#4 Best Places for Military Retirees

#4 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

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

#4 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#5 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#5 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

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#7 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Highest Risk)

#7 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters

#9 Sleep in the City Study

#9 America's Riskiest Online Cities

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

#10 Best Baseball Cities

#10 Healthiest Cities

#14 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#14 Most Congested Cities

#18 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#20 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#22 America's Top Hygge Cities

#22 2005 Best Places to Live

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#24 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#26 America's Most Playful Cities

#27 The Most Single Cities

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#29 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#32 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#32 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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#34 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#35 Sleepless Cities 2011

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#38 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#38 Stressful Cities 2012

#40 Hypertension Hot Spots

#40 Failure To Lunch

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#41 Gloomiest Places in America

#52 Best Green Cities

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

#65 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#91 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#98 Drought-Riskiest Cities

Living here feels like you're on an a vacation and with so many other wonderful towns and destinations nearby too there’s always somewhere to go if you want to take a  More

My husband and I are thinking about relocating to Anacortes. Can you update the current real estate conditions and possibly comment on the access to jobs, health-care  More

Your population information for Anacortes is incorrect. Population is slightly under 16,000. Build out of the city's space is approximately 20,000 which is not  More

Great town, close to  More

I love Bastrop! Yes there isn't a lot to do but the city of Austin is only 15 min away! It is full of open land and green pastures. I enjoy the country like setting  More