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Birmingham, AL vs Longview, TX

#1 2005 High Gas Prices

#2 Most Congested Cities

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#3 Best Block Party Places

#4 Most Energetic Cities

#4 Hypertension Hot Spots

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#6 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#6 Best Baseball Cities

#7 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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#8 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#8 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#9 Sleepless Cities 2011

#11 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#13 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

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

#23 America’s Manliest Cities

#26 Failure To Lunch

#30 Gloomiest Places in America

#33 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#36 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#38 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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#47 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#48 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

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

#63 The Most Single Cities

#83 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#218 2005 Best Places to Live

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Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

I was born and raised here. I don't recommend it. I love religious people but the religious culture here is so suffocating. I felt like I couldn't breath or be  More

The schools are substandard. Bullying is part of the culture, not only in the schools, but in the work places. The good jobs are 'hidden' - you have to know someone to  More

Longview, Texas is a growing Northeast Texas town of about 80,000. Lots of families raise their children  More