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

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#19 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

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#24 America’s Manliest Cities

#25 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#29 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#32 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#37 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

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

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

#41 Best Block Party Places

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#45 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#53 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#79 The Most Single Cities

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#95 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#157 2005 Best Places to Live

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I grew up in near Annapolis MD but lived in both Savannah and Atlanta GA for twenty years. Moved to Columbia in 2009 working in IT for SC Dept of Education. Had an  More

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I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More