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Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA vs Islamorada, FL

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

#105 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#132 Best Green Cities

#153 2005 Best Places to Live

#2 Hurricane Hotspots

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carmel has about 60 vacation homes and a dense cottage-y downtown. basically it is a tourist trap cental business district and a bunch of vacation rental homes. the  More

Liberals have run me out of town. The political is so overwhelming I am looking to relocate. However, if you are an aging hippie with a great deal of money you will be  More

Islamorada is a unique and beautiful 4-island community in the Florida Keys. It has great boating and fishing opportunities and some great local restaurants. It has a  More

Great weather, friendly people. Great place to visit and live. Work is work wherever you live, so remember that if you live here you are not on vacation 24/7 like all  More

I have lived here 27 years and seen our lovely Islands become corporatized into condo haven. It is a lovely place, but it is changing so that the average person finds  More