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Buffalo, NY vs Elk River, MN

#2 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#3 Gloomiest Places in America

#6 Most Energetic Cities

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

#7 Hypertension Hot Spots

#8 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#8 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#12 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#18 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

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

#23 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#23 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#28 The Most Single Cities

#28 2005 High Gas Prices

#31 America’s Least Manly Cities

#31 Best Baseball Cities

#32 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#32 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#34 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#35 America’s Manliest Cities

#36 Best Block Party Places

#39 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#46 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

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

#47 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#47 Failure To Lunch

#49 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#53 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

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

#86 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#181 Best Green Cities

#205 2005 Best Places to Live

#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

Clean, fun, safe and unique. Great place to raise a family. Affordable housing, strong job market. Great schools and neighborhoods.  More

Buffalo was okay in 2016. Since then, crime is up, there are more methadone clinics than pediatricians, and so many of the small businesses that made this place charming  More

This city is just plain beautiful. Sure, it might not be New York or Albany. But it's Buffalo. Place is a God-send. You want to see the Falls and the Bills? Come here.  More

The Northstar commuter rail line and the commuter rail station in Elk River (to be completed later in 2009) that will connect Elk River to Minneapolis, and a recent  More

good place to live and close to the  More

Small town but growing, nice place to live. Will be getting mass-transit soon, to  More