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#28 America's Most Playful Cities

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#34 America's Top Hygge Cities

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

#35 Best Baseball Cities

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#42 Hypertension Hot Spots

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#43 2005 High Gas Prices

#45 Sleep in the City Study

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#75 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#106 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#234 Best Green Cities

#1 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#1 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#1 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#2 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#2 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#2 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#2 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#3 America’s Least Manly Cities

#4 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#4 The Most Single Cities

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

#5 Most Energetic Cities

#6 America's Most Playful Cities

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#7 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#8 America's Top Hygge Cities

#8 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#8 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#8 Sleep in the City Study

#9 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#9 America's Top Hygge Cities

#10 Gloomiest Places in America

#11 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#11 Healthiest Cities

#12 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#12 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#13 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#15 Best Baseball Cities

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

#19 Failure To Lunch

#19 2005 High Gas Prices

#20 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#20 Sleepless Cities 2011

#22 Best Block Party Places

#24 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#24 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#26 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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

#33 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#35 Stressful Cities 2012

#38 America’s Manliest Cities

#40 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#41 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#42 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#43 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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

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

#64 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#67 Best Green Cities

#71 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#108 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#121 Best Green Cities

Taxes thru the roof. Highest taxed town in the entire USA. Business frowned upon.Extremely bloated school budget with excess school administration staff. The high school  More

a good place to live in many ways - low crime, good location - but the school/property taxes are extremly high and will continue to rise in the years ahead due to a  More

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More