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Fort Myers Ranked
#1 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#8 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas
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#20 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#45 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#58 2005 High Gas Prices
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#61 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#67 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
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#97 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#105 Best Green Cities
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#220 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa Ranked
#1 America’s Best Cities for Foodies
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#23 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Santa Rosa Ranked
#137 Best Green Cities
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Santa Rosa Ranked
#166 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Fort Myers    54 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for most of my 30 years. I'm moving my family away in a few months. Here are the reasons: Climate- it's hot. Unbearably hot. And it's going to get  More

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I can't wait for all the replies especially from people that are from Florida or from up North that had to deal with extreme ice and snow. But I can honestly say in the  More

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I've lived in SW Florida on & off for most of my life. When my family first came here over 40 years ago the waterways teemed with fish & wildlife and the beaches,  More

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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