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

#6 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#6 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

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

#6 America's Top Hygge Cities

#7 Most Affordable Colleges

#7 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#8 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#9 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#18 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

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

#25 2005 High Gas Prices

#25 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#27 Hypertension Hot Spots

#35 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#36 America’s Manliest Cities

#37 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#37 America’s Least Manly Cities

#39 Most Energetic Cities

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

#41 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#43 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#45 The Most Single Cities

#46 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#48 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#48 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#50 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#54 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

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

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

#93 Best Green Cities

#214 2005 Best Places to Live

#2 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#2 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#43 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#47 Gloomiest Places in America

#50 America's Top Hygge Cities

I grew up near here and after returning from the Southwest was pleasntly suprised by the "chosen spot" The lifestyle is laid back, it's a dog town, the people are great  More

New York is one of the highest taxed states in the country. The political feel is very Democratic and not at all good for business. Most of the large businesses are  More

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More