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Cumberland, RI vs Fairfax, VA

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Nice place but good jobs are scarce in Rhode Island. Being in the northeast and suffering through the cold is not good  More

Thanks for your web site. I find it interesting and useful. I have lived in Cumberland foe 20 years and really like it. I guess I would like many places in the US as  More

I grew up in Cumberland and loved it. It is a great place to raise kids.   More

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More