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Holmdel, NJ vs Herndon, VA

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#43 2005 High Gas Prices

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#75 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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#234 Best Green Cities

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#1 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#2 Healthiest Cities

#2 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#3 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#3 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#4 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#4 Best Cities After Military Service

#4 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#5 Sleep in the City Study

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

#5 2005 High Gas Prices

#6 America’s Least Manly Cities

#7 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#7 Failure To Lunch

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

#7 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

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

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

#9 America's Most Playful Cities

#11 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#12 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#14 The Most Single Cities

#15 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#18 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#18 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#19 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#20 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#20 Gloomiest Places in America

#22 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#23 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#25 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#26 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#26 2005 Best Places to Live

#26 Sleepless Cities 2011

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

#29 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#34 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#36 Best Baseball Cities

#38 Hypertension Hot Spots

#39 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#40 Best Block Party Places

#42 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#44 Stressful Cities 2012

#45 America’s Manliest Cities

#45 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#50 Most Energetic Cities

#75 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#87 Best Green Cities

My husband and I are long time (50+ years) originally from the South Shore areas of Long Island, New York. We sold our home in 2005 quicker than anticipated and rented  More

The Holmdel Police are the worst police around! Holmdel is a quiet town with relatively no crime. Yet the Holmdel pigs enjoy harrassing residents of Holmdel whose tax  More

Seasons tend to be relatively mild. The warmer seasons are extended by 3-4 weeks as compared to the New York Metropolitan Area.  More

Traffic has gotten out of control the last couple of  More

We actually live south of Herndon in Oak Hill (Zip Code 20171). The Town of Herndon is incorporated, Oak Hill is not. Herndon is a nice enough city with an historic area  More