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Fairfield, CT vs Apex, NC

#1 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#1 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#2 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

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

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

#21 2005 High Gas Prices

#27 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#29 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#30 2005 Best Places to Live

#35 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#63 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#77 The Most Single Cities

#145 2005 Best Places to Live

#176 Best Green Cities

#181 2005 Best Places to Live

#2 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#3 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#3 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#4 2005 High Gas Prices

#4 Sleep in the City Study

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

#5 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#5 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#8 Best Places for Military Retirees

#9 Best Block Party Places

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

#13 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#15 America's Top Hygge Cities

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

#17 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#17 Healthiest Cities

#18 Sleepless Cities 2011

#26 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#26 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#27 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#29 Gloomiest Places in America

#30 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#37 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#37 Most Energetic Cities

#42 Best Baseball Cities

#42 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#46 Failure To Lunch

#69 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#69 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#87 The Most Single Cities

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

#149 Best Green Cities

I have lived in CT my whole life and I can't wait to get out of here. If you have yourself established, then this is great place to live. If you're a young person  More

I have lived in CT my whole life and I can't wait to get out of here. If you have yourself established, then this is great place to live. If you're a young person  More

Very expensive town to live in but good restaurants, schools, beaches and access to  More

We moved here from western NY last year. It was hard to leave a solid school system, a house almost paid for, with a yard, and NO HOA. However, jobs were just not there  More

My introduction to Apex, NC came in July 2009 I was on my way to Florida. On the third day, plans changed due to friend's vehicle malfunction. I stayed in Apex for 9  More

Apex has a small town atmosphere, but is convenient to the Research Triangle area of North  More