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#5 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#7 Sleep in the City Study

#7 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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

#7 Best Block Party Places

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#8 Most Energetic Cities

#8 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#9 Gloomiest Places in America

#9 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#10 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#10 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#13 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#13 Sleepless Cities 2011

#14 Best Baseball Cities

#14 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#16 America's Most Playful Cities

#16 Stressful Cities 2012

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#19 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#19 The Most Single Cities

#20 America's Top Hygge Cities

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

#22 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#24 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#25 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

#27 Most Competitive Private Colleges

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

#27 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#29 Healthiest Cities

#29 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#31 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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

#35 Failure To Lunch

#35 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#36 Hypertension Hot Spots

#36 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#45 2005 High Gas Prices

#46 America’s Manliest Cities

#46 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#49 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

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

#77 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#82 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#90 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#155 2005 Best Places to Live

#192 Best Green Cities

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

#2 Sleepless Cities 2011

#2 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#2 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#3 The Most Single Cities

#3 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#4 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#5 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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

#5 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

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

#6 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#7 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#7 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#8 Most Affordable Colleges

#8 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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

#9 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#10 Failure To Lunch

#10 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

#11 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#12 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#13 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#14 Healthiest Cities

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

#14 America’s Least Manly Cities

#15 Gloomiest Places in America

#15 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#16 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#16 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#19 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#24 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#25 Best Block Party Places

#25 Stressful Cities 2012

#28 America's Most Playful Cities

#29 Most Energetic Cities

#29 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#29 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#34 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#34 America's Top Hygge Cities

#35 Best Baseball Cities

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

#35 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#40 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#42 Hypertension Hot Spots

#43 2005 High Gas Prices

#45 Sleep in the City Study

#49 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#50 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#50 America’s Manliest Cities

#75 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#106 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#234 Best Green Cities

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

I have lived in Suffolk County all of my life with the exception of 4 years in the Marines. It is basically a decent place. The problem is the school taxes, property  More

Middle Village, Queens is surrounded by a large park called Juniper Valley  More