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Florence, SC vs Brentwood, NY

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#111 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#268 2005 Best Places to Live

#321 Best Green Cities

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#2 Sleepless Cities 2011

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#2 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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

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#6 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

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#8 Most Affordable Colleges

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#10 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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#11 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#12 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#13 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#14 Healthiest Cities

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

#14 America’s Least Manly Cities

#15 Gloomiest Places in America

#15 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#16 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#16 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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#24 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#25 Best Block Party Places

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#28 America's Most Playful Cities

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#29 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#34 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#34 America's Top Hygge Cities

#35 Best Baseball Cities

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

#35 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#40 2005 Best Places to Live

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#42 Hypertension Hot Spots

#43 2005 High Gas Prices

#45 Sleep in the City Study

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#50 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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#75 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#106 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#234 Best Green Cities

The short version: high humidty+high temps+mosquitoes, high crime, terrible schools, poor dining choices, no outdoor activities, very few entertainment options,  More

Some people have actually lived here for 30 years? I can't even imagine what your perspective is or what your life is like. Like anything in life, it's all about  More

I've lived in Florence for over 30 years and think it's a great place to live, work and play. It's a progressive community that is welcoming to newcomers of all ages  More

Brentwood use to be a nice place to live 15 years ago. Crime is growing, houses are too expensive and old. Mostly foreclosures that are affordable but houses need a lot  More