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#7 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#14 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
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#19 America’s Least Manly Cities
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#21 Best Green Cities
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#26 America’s Manliest Cities
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#32 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
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#40 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
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#43 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#44 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#46 2005 Best Places to Live
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#68 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
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#99 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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Reviews for Arcata    17 Reviews

Pros: Nature hikes Cons: One of highest crime rates in the nation. Opioid epidemic going on (you’ll regularly witness drug deals and ppl doing drugs) No  More

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It takes a special set of preferences to select Arcata. Is this you? - You love clouds and fog. You are happy if you see the sun maybe 10-20 times a year. - Chilly  More

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Over 11 years ago

I've lived in Humboldt for over 30 yrs and know all the areas well. Arcata is the jewel of Humboldt due to having a university and many liberal creative people. There is  More

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Reviews for Carlisle    12 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

It's not All bad but people here seem to be more prejudiced against minorities like me. Even more so than people in the South where i used to live.   More

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Carlisle, PA, is at a crossroads of interstate 81 and US 76 (turnpike) which means its easy to get to, and easy to get out to places from. The town of Carlisle itself  More

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We are still suffering from sticker shock after living here for 7 years. This state charges you for EVERYTHING and the ROI is near to nothing. You have to pay a toll  More

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