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Boulder Creek Ranked
#18 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Boulder Creek Ranked
#27 Best Green Cities
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Boulder Creek Ranked
#41 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Boulder Creek Ranked
#124 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Portland

Portland Ranked
#4 America’s Best Cities for Foodies
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Portland Ranked
#5 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)
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Portland Ranked
#15 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.
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Portland Ranked
#20 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Portland Ranked
#21 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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Portland Ranked
#34 Best Green Cities
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Portland Ranked
#81 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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Portland Ranked
#89 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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Portland Ranked
#236 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Boulder Creek    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

even with Prop 13 property taxes are high. My taxes have incresed from $1200 a year in 1990 to over $8000 a year now. Coffee is $1.50 a cup. Milk $3.50 a  More

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A wonderful place if you love the forest. Plenty of activities, camping,hiking,fishing and mountain dining. Very close to Santa Cruz beaches, restaurants, entertainment  More

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Over 18 years ago

Boulder Creek, CA is in the Santa Cruz mountains near San Jose, CA. It is a beautiful, woodsy mountain area with wonderful climate. It's hard to believe that the overly  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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