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Bloomington, MN vs Lakewood, WA

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#1 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#1 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#1 Gloomiest Places in America

#1 America's Top Hygge Cities

#2 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#2 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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

#3 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#4 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#4 Healthiest Cities

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#10 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#10 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#11 Failure To Lunch

#12 The Most Single Cities

#16 Best Block Party Places

#16 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#19 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#22 Sleepless Cities 2011

#28 Best Baseball Cities

#30 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#32 Best Green Cities

#35 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#39 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#40 America’s Manliest Cities

#41 Hypertension Hot Spots

#41 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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#44 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#46 Most Energetic Cities

#55 2005 High Gas Prices

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#59 2005 Best Places to Live

#59 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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the cost of living is outrageous and the climate is one of the worst in the U.S. people are rude and traffic is  More

bloomington is a comfortalble subarb, but their are huge diffrances between the east and west sides of town for example; shanty's ,housing thiry family members in a two  More

With the light rail and bus system, it's very easy to get around Bloomington as well as travel downtown. Still most people drive, however. If you want your older kids  More

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  More