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Bloomington, MN vs Norfolk, VA

#1 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#1 Sleep in the City Study

#1 America's Most Playful Cities

#2 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#3 America's Top Hygge Cities

#4 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#4 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#4 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#5 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

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

#6 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#6 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#7 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#7 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#8 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#8 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#9 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#10 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#12 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#13 Healthiest Cities

#13 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#14 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#15 Best Block Party Places

#17 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#17 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#18 Gloomiest Places in America

#18 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#18 America’s Manliest Cities

#20 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#24 2005 Best Places to Live

#25 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#27 Most Energetic Cities

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

#29 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

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

#32 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#36 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#37 Failure To Lunch

#43 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#45 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Sleepless Cities 2011

#46 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#48 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#49 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#50 Stressful Cities 2012

#54 The Most Single Cities

#54 2005 High Gas Prices

#76 Best Green Cities

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

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

#99 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#2 Best Places for Military Retirees

#4 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

#8 America's Most Playful Cities

#10 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#10 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#17 2005 Best Places to Live

#19 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#21 Best Block Party Places

#24 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#24 Gloomiest Places in America

#28 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#29 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#29 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#29 America's Top Hygge Cities

#30 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#30 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#32 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#32 Sleepless Cities 2011

#33 Best Baseball Cities

#36 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#39 Healthiest Cities

#39 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#40 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#42 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#45 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#45 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#47 2005 High Gas Prices

#47 Stressful Cities 2012

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

#48 Failure To Lunch

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

#49 Most Energetic Cities

#50 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#75 The Most Single Cities

#87 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#96 Best Green Cities

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

I've lived in Norfolk for most of my life, and I love it here. I love the maker scene, and the new breweries. The arts scene, especially the theater side is always  More

I have lived in Norfolk VA for 11 months and,I cant wait to leave.It is full of crime ,homeless and undeveloped city.Public transportation is terrible and its wet and  More

I was born in Norfolk, and lived in Norfolk and Virginia Beach until my early 20s. Here are 10 things that are 100% true about Norfolk you may have heard before: 1) It's  More