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Canandaigua, NY vs The Villages, FL

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

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

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

#6 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#6 America's Top Hygge Cities

#7 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#7 Most Affordable 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 America’s Least Manly Cities

#37 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#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

#45 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#58 2005 Best Places to Live

#189 Best Green 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

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More