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Bowie, MD vs Madeira, OH

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

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#22 America's Most Playful Cities

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

#28 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#31 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#32 2005 High Gas Prices

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#43 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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

#45 Failure To Lunch

#47 Sleep in the City Study

#48 Healthiest Cities

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#62 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#72 The Most Single Cities

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Bowie should have better department stores. One has to travel to another city to find a Nordstroms and other upscale stores. Bowie Towne Center seems to bring in lesser  More

I grew up in Bowie in the 1980s. At the time, despite being in PG County which was nicknamed DC's ugly city because its demographics and crime were similar to the  More

COST TO MUCH TO LIVE  More

It's small and nice, with a small school that's pretty good. Should have a school orchestra,  More

Madeira is typically Midwestern: slightly conservative - politically, fiscally, and socially. It is safe to walk all areas of town and frequently, neighbors wave and  More