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Boston, MA vs Hackensack, NJ

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#2 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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#2 Sleepless Cities 2011

#3 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#3 The Most Single Cities

#4 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

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

#5 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#5 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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

#6 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#7 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#7 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

#8 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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

#11 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

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#13 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

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#15 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

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#25 Best Block Party Places

#25 Stressful Cities 2012

#28 America's Most Playful Cities

#29 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#29 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#29 Most Energetic Cities

#34 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#34 America's Top Hygge Cities

#35 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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

#35 Best Baseball Cities

#40 2005 Best Places to Live

#42 Hypertension Hot Spots

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

#43 2005 High Gas Prices

#45 Sleep in the City Study

#49 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#50 America’s Manliest Cities

#50 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#75 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#106 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#234 Best Green Cities

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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Hackensack has a big city feel but on a smaller scale-there are restaurants, shops to fit every lifestyle and taste. There are some negatives too. High property taxes-  More

Although becoming a more metro area, I do feel safe even during the late  More