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Hillsboro, OR vs Davis, CA

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#6 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#7 Healthiest Cities

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#8 Stressful Cities 2012

#9 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#11 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#12 America’s Least Manly Cities

#12 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#13 America's Most Playful Cities

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#16 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#19 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#19 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#26 Gloomiest Places in America

#29 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#31 The Most Single Cities

#31 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#31 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#31 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#33 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#35 America's Top Hygge Cities

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

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

#39 Hypertension Hot Spots

#40 Most Energetic Cities

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

#41 America’s Manliest Cities

#43 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#44 Sleepless Cities 2011

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

#45 Best Block Party Places

#46 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#46 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#47 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#48 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#50 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

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

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

#57 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#60 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#69 2005 High Gas Prices

#85 2005 Best Places to Live

#91 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#103 Best Green Cities

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Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

We owned a home in Davis for 10 years. There are so many good things about the town. The downtown area has many unique shops and restaurants. The Arboretum walking trail  More

Amazing city of diverse culture, food and transportation.  More

Here's my take on the total of 16 years living in Davis, CA for those contemplating a move here. Kids are generally polite and law abiding. They tend to score well  More