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#5 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

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

#8 Sleepless Cities 2011

#9 2005 High Gas Prices

#9 America’s Manliest Cities

#9 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#10 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#11 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#11 Hypertension Hot Spots

#11 Best Block Party Places

#11 Gloomiest Places in America

#12 Most Congested Cities

#14 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#15 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#18 Most Energetic Cities

#18 America's Top Hygge Cities

#20 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#21 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#22 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#23 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#25 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#25 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#25 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#26 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#28 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

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

#30 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#31 Stressful Cities 2012

#31 Failure To Lunch

#33 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#34 America’s Least Manly Cities

#39 America's Most Playful Cities

#41 Healthiest Cities

#45 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

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

#49 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#50 The Most Single Cities

#55 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#56 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

#79 2005 Best Places to Live

#274 Best Green Cities

#2 The Most Single Cities

#2 Hypertension Hot Spots

#5 Stressful Cities 2012

#5 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#6 Gloomiest Places in America

#7 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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

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

#10 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#11 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#11 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#11 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#11 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#12 Sleepless Cities 2011

#13 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#14 Most Energetic Cities

#14 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#15 Most Irritation Prone Cities

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

#16 Most Congested Cities

#16 America's Top Hygge Cities

#18 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

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

#20 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#20 America’s Manliest Cities

#22 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#24 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#25 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#30 Best Baseball Cities

#32 Best Block Party Places

#33 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#33 Failure To Lunch

#34 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#38 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#40 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#41 America's Most Playful Cities

#41 America’s Least Manly Cities

#43 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#44 Healthiest Cities

#45 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#45 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#45 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#50 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#50 Sleep in the City Study

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

#78 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#79 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#263 2005 Best Places to Live

#285 Best Green Cities

#344 Best Green Cities

I lived in Indianapolis for over 23 years, and I really miss the laidback: easy lifestyle there. The prices of most items are lower than elsewhere in the US, including  More

No car? This city is built for cars. Not friendly to pedestrians; the lack of sidewalks is confounding. Public transportation is limited, with a "spoke wheel" layout  More

This is a response to another review, but everything I say here is true and I have been a lifelong Indy resident and feel this needs said. The only factual part is  More

The winters are very cold and some snow days can be quite challenging. The summers are great with very little humidty and  More

Back in the 1970's and early 1980's, Rochester was a nice quiet little town that people lived in to get away from the craziness of other areas in Oakland and Macomb  More