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Anchorage Ranked
#3 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas
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#15 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)
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Anchorage Ranked
#80 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#83 2005 High Gas Prices
Gas prices recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down. Today the average U.S. family with two drivers p... Read More

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#85 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
Gas prices have recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down any time soon. The average U.S. family with tw... Read More

Anchorage Ranked
#100 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#160 2005 Best Places to Live
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#308 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Gulfport

Gulfport Ranked
#87 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Gulfport Ranked
#222 Best Green Cities
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Gulfport Ranked
#293 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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Reviews for Gulfport    15 Reviews

I am a retiree who moved to Gulfport, MS two years ago and am truly enjoying this charming beach town. The crime rate is relatively low as is the cost of living. Yes,  More

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Over 5 years ago

Here is an updated review in 2020. The last review I’ve seen was in 2011. A lot of things have changed. Specifically speaking about Gulfport, the population has grown.  More

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Apparently this forum is a place where people who can't or won't make their lives successful and happy come to blame the place they are living, which in this case is the  More

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