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Bakersfield, CA vs Waukegan, IL

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#36 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#77 2005 High Gas Prices

#88 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#94 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#95 The Most Single Cities

#282 2005 Best Places to Live

#300 Best Green Cities

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#7 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#7 Sleep in the City Study

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

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#10 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#13 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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#16 Stressful Cities 2012

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#17 Most Irritation Prone Cities

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

#22 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#24 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#25 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

#27 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#27 Most Competitive Private Colleges

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

#29 Healthiest Cities

#29 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#31 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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

#35 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#35 Failure To Lunch

#36 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#36 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 2005 High Gas Prices

#46 America’s Manliest Cities

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#49 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

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

#77 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#82 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#90 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#155 2005 Best Places to Live

#192 Best Green Cities

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

Great people, beautifully diverse. All live and work together to provide the best for all residents. Lake County College is completing a 40 million dollar building  More

We're looking for a moderate climate. Waukegan is on Lake Michigan and could have a dynamic vibrant downtown but it doesn't. Great master plan if somehow Waukegan can  More

I have been living in north east waukegan for 12 years and I am excited by the recent surge of growth in the downtown area. Thanks to the Genesee theater, there are  More