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Denver, CO vs San Diego, CA

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

#3 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#3 America's Most Playful Cities

#3 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#3 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#3 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#3 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#5 America’s Least Manly Cities

#5 America’s Manliest Cities

#5 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#5 America's Top Hygge Cities

#6 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#6 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#7 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#8 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#9 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

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

#9 Healthiest Cities

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

#13 Most Energetic Cities

#13 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

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

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

#18 Failure To Lunch

#19 Stressful Cities 2012

#20 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#21 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#23 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#23 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#29 The Most Single Cities

#31 Sleepless Cities 2011

#31 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#33 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#36 Gloomiest Places in America

#38 2005 High Gas Prices

#39 Best Block Party Places

#41 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#42 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#43 Best Baseball Cities

#48 Hypertension Hot Spots

#56 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#57 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#60 2005 Best Places to Live

#63 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#79 Best Green Cities

#83 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#85 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#2 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#2 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#2 America's Most Playful Cities

#3 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#3 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#3 Sleep in the City Study

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

#3 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#4 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#5 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#7 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#7 Best Baseball Cities

#9 America’s Least Manly Cities

#12 Healthiest Cities

#12 Best Green Cities

#12 Failure To Lunch

#13 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#14 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#16 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#18 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#21 Stressful Cities 2012

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

#23 The Most Single Cities

#25 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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

#28 Best Block Party Places

#28 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#36 America's Top Hygge Cities

#37 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

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

#43 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#43 America’s Manliest Cities

#44 Most Energetic Cities

#44 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#46 Gloomiest Places in America

#49 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#49 Sleepless Cities 2011

#61 2005 High Gas Prices

#66 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#70 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#74 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#99 America's Migraine Hot Spots

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

I have lived in San Diego for more than half my life (I am 30) and love it. It has something for everyone and more from arts, to sporting events, and all cuisine is  More

The only real knock again San Diego is the cost of living, but it is paradise compared to most cities of similar size. Those who complain about the traffic here or say  More

I have lived in San Diego since 1968 and I am now almost 62 years old. I love San Diego, I really do. But it has become so crowded and so expensive over the years. It  More