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Fairport, NY vs Saratoga Springs, NY

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

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

#6 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#6 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#6 America's Top Hygge Cities

#7 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#7 Most Affordable Colleges

#8 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#9 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#18 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

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

#25 2005 High Gas Prices

#25 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#27 Hypertension Hot Spots

#35 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#36 America’s Manliest Cities

#37 America’s Least Manly Cities

#37 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#39 Most Energetic Cities

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

#41 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#43 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#45 The Most Single Cities

#46 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#48 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#48 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#50 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#54 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

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

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

#93 Best Green Cities

#214 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#7 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#10 2005 High Gas Prices

#11 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

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

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

#19 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#25 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#35 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#43 Best Green Cities

#49 The Most Single Cities

#49 Stressful Cities 2012

#55 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#59 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#89 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#91 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#240 2005 Best Places to Live

Grew up here and love the area. People are friendly and lots to do in what used to be a sleepy little village. Still, Canal Days, Saturday morning Farmer's Market, HS  More

I have lived in the Fairport area for nearly two years now and I can say that the cost of living varies greatly. I have little experience with real estate, but have  More

In Fairport there is always something planned - lots of parades (sometimes I think they come up with any old reason for a parade), concerts in the park, Canal Days -  More

I grew up in Saratoga and moved out in my late 20’s. I only live about 20 minutes from there now, so I go there sometimes. Downtown Saratoga is very nice. Broadway, the  More

I came from buffalo New York home of the chicken wings and forgot my phone in the uber the people at the concert were very nice they let me and my friend and I leave and  More

Saratoga springs is one of the safest cities to live in. You don't really have to worry about getting shot, mugged, assaulted (Those things do happen, but no where near  More