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Columbia, MO vs Germantown, MD

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

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#1 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

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#5 Sleep in the City Study

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

#5 2005 High Gas Prices

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#7 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

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

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#11 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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#23 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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#26 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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#42 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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#45 America’s Manliest Cities

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#75 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#87 Best Green Cities

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

When I first moved to Germantown, this city was up and coming. It still felt like the country and the air was breathable and not as much traffic. That was in 2010. In 3  More

Montgomery County is not a dog friendly place if you own pets. The dog regulations do not favor the dog or dog owner and one should consider Frederick, Howard or Carroll  More

Everything costs more here because of the proximity to Washington D.C. I came from Long Island, NY where it was also expensive. Since I've been here costs go up, but  More