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Binghamton, NY vs Hackettstown, NJ

#5 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#8 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#9 Best Green Cities

#11 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#34 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#241 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#17 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#52 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#69 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#73 2005 High Gas Prices

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

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

#93 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#94 The Most Single Cities

#98 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#202 2005 Best Places to Live

#228 Best Green Cities

Very cool place with loads of popular restaurants (some award winning), hiking, winter activities/sports, fishing, boating, central location -making it SO EASY for  More

I can't understand the strong negativity, at least not totally. I have been here for a while now and have been (years ago). Back in the big recession there were some  More

I've lived in this area my whole life-all 23 years of it. Even in my lifetime about half the businesses I remember are now boarded up often with no replacements. So many  More

Lovely little town with active college life at Cententary College. New theater at the college offers many choices culturally. Town could use a little improvement;  More

I can't afford and don't choose to live near the congested area in North Eastern New Jersey where I work. It is a great place to come home to each night after a hard  More

First the good about New Jersey, the "Garden State" of our nation. NJ is a great state for employment opportunities, top-notch medical care is available in both NJ and  More