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Fife, WA vs Burien, WA

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#2 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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#8 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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#8 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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#10 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#11 Failure To Lunch

#12 The Most Single Cities

#16 Best Block Party Places

#16 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#19 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#22 Sleepless Cities 2011

#28 Best Baseball Cities

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#46 Most Energetic Cities

#55 2005 High Gas Prices

#58 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#59 2005 Best Places to Live

#59 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#66 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#66 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#151 Best Green Cities

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

#1 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#1 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#1 Gloomiest Places in America

#1 America's Top Hygge Cities

#2 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#2 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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

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

#4 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#4 Healthiest Cities

#4 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#5 America's Most Playful Cities

#6 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#6 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#6 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#8 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#8 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#8 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#8 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#8 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#8 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#9 Stressful Cities 2012

#10 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#10 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#10 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#11 Failure To Lunch

#12 The Most Single Cities

#16 Best Block Party Places

#16 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#19 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#22 Sleepless Cities 2011

#28 Best Baseball Cities

#30 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#32 Best Green Cities

#35 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#39 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#40 America’s Manliest Cities

#41 Hypertension Hot Spots

#41 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#42 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#44 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#44 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#46 Most Energetic Cities

#55 2005 High Gas Prices

#58 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#59 2005 Best Places to Live

#59 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#66 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#66 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#151 Best Green Cities

This small suburb of Tacoma checks all the boxes for me, so where do I start? Fife has a bit of everything for every walk of life and virtually any activity you wish  More

A town so small if you blink it is gone. It is really a small suburb of tacoma. I lived there for only three weeks and had to move  More

In a better time, decades ago, Burien was peaceful, fun place. It was a destination my childhood friends and I frequented on our bicycles and spent the day...all without  More

This town used to be nice. In the past 3 years it has become terrible. Street gangs, murders and drug dealing. Leaving as soon as I  More

I have lived in Burien since 1972. It is currently going through a Renaissance. Having become incorporated in the early '90s, its city council has fresh and forward  More