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Escondido, CA vs Minneapolis, MN

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#1 Sleep in the City Study

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#4 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#4 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

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

#6 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#6 Best-Rested Cities 2011

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#7 America's Riskiest Online Cities

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#9 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#10 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#12 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#13 Healthiest Cities

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#14 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#15 Best Block Party Places

#17 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#17 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#18 Gloomiest Places in America

#18 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#18 America’s Manliest Cities

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

#24 2005 Best Places to Live

#25 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#27 Most Energetic Cities

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

#29 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

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

#32 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#36 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#37 Failure To Lunch

#43 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#45 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Sleepless Cities 2011

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#48 Most Irritation Prone Cities

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#50 Stressful Cities 2012

#54 The Most Single Cities

#54 2005 High Gas Prices

#76 Best Green Cities

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

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

#99 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

Escondido wins because of the weather, but has a lot of drawbacks. The schools are HORRIBLE. Like really bad. I've moved around a lot and the schools are the worst  More

Weather is perfect year round. There are tons of things to do with the lakes, parks, the world famous San Diego Zoo's Safari Park, performing arts center, numerous  More

Good cost of  More

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  More