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Fairfield, CT vs Hartford, CT

#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

#3 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#4 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#5 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#6 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#7 America's Top Hygge Cities

#9 Failure To Lunch

#12 Gloomiest Places in America

#12 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#14 America's Most Playful Cities

#15 Most Energetic Cities

#18 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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

#20 2005 High Gas Prices

#21 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#28 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#33 The Most Single Cities

#36 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#37 Sleepless Cities 2011

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

#42 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#43 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#52 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#58 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#61 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#82 Best Green Cities

#253 2005 Best Places to Live

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

I love Hartford. Any naysayer is not appreciating the very real and new energy that is revitalizing the city. In conjunction with a wonderful location, relatively mild  More

Surprised by the low  More

I lived in CT for about 7 years, and this place is depressing, lonely, and boring. My only entertainment in Hartford, were the Library branches for books and movies. The  More