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Kent Ranked
#1 America's Top Hygge Cities
Hygge is the Danish concept of creating cozy environments that foster well-being and contentment. Many Americans have eagerly ado... Read More

Kent Ranked
#1 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
Between international terrorism and a struggling economy, todays Americans are faced with more stress than ever. In this new s... Read More

Kent Ranked
#1 America's Riskiest Online Cities
Cybercrime, a threat that affects one in five online shoppers and cost Americans $560 million in 2009 due to online fraud, may hit... Read More

Kent Ranked
#1 Gloomiest Places in America
The data team at BestPlaces.net determined each metro area’s Gloom Score by looking at three key environmental factors for the m... Read More

Kent Ranked
#1 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement
Retirement used to mean heading South to bake in the sun, spending the rest of one’s life playing tennis, golf and shuffleboar... Read More

Kent Ranked
#2 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft
Sperling’s BestPlaces has released a new study that highlights the cities where residents are at a higher risk for iJack... Read More

Kent Ranked
#2 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
Gas prices have recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down any time soon. The average U.S. family with tw... Read More

Kent Ranked
#2 Best Cities for Seniors 2005
A study from Sperlings BestPlaces identifies those places which do the best job of caring for its elderly population. The ""Bes... Read More

Kent Ranked
#3 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040
THE FACE OF THE FUTURE: ROC® SKINCARE PREDICTS THE MOST WRINKLE-PRONE CITIES IN AMERICA - a city by city look at the metropoli... Read More

Kent Ranked
#4 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020
There's a saying that the rich get richer, and that seems to be the case when talking about recently released data from the U.S... Read More

Kent Ranked
#4 Healthiest Cities
The Centrum® Healthiest Cities Study, First of Its Kind, Seeks to Inspire Americans to Achieve a Balanced, Healthy Lifestyle... Read More

Kent Ranked
#4 America’s Least Manly Cities
Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#5 America's Most Playful Cities
Dove Chocolate teams up with Sperling’s BestPlaces to find the cities where people are being the most playful, and where ther... Read More

Kent Ranked
#5 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
Hooking that hottie is hard enough without the odds stacked against you, so the city researchers at Sperling’s BestPlaces have ide... Read More

Kent Ranked
#6 Best States for LGBTQ Rights
BestPlaces looked at ten indicators to produce the first ranking of Best States for LGBTQ Rights. Same-sex marriage is the only ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#6 Best Cities for Board Gamers
The data team at BestPlaces.net calculated each metro area’s Board Gamer Score based on board game interest and sales from th... Read More

Kent Ranked
#6 Cities on the Edge of Greatness
Sperling’s BestPlaces and Edge® Shave Gel Reveal American Cities Poised for Greatness in Sports, Art, Music, Culture.... Read More

Kent Ranked
#8 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)
Weather disasters and quakes: who’s most at risk? The analysis below, by Sperling’s Best Places, a publisher of city rankings... Read More

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#8 America’s Best Cities for Foodies
The term “foodie” emerged on the Internet to refer to people with gourmet sensibilities. A foodie is a person whose hobby is fo... Read More

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#8 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children
Sperling’s BestPlaces Looks at Best Safety Practices for Cities and Outlines Tips to Help Parents Reduce Preventable Acc... Read More

Kent Ranked
#8 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate
Following the national launch of Avis Assist, a mobile phone-based navigation system powered by Motorolas VIAMOTO software, Avis ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#8 Safest Places from Natural Disasters
Hurricane Sandy is a reminder that despite our best efforts to protect ourselves, nature can still bring terrible devasta... Read More

Kent Ranked
#8 Fiscally Fit Cities Report
State Farm Insurance and BestPlaces have released the Fiscally Fit Cities Report revealing that fewer than half of American ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#9 Stressful Cities 2012
Sperling’s BestPlaces, a research firm specializing in livability rankings, has released its new study of major cities with the mo... Read More

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#10 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

Kent Ranked
#10 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas
US Cities ripe for mobile workstyle enabled by Intel(r) Centrino(r) Duo Mobile Technology.... Read More

Kent Ranked
#10 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)
Safety and security are among the most basic human needs, and a safe, secure environment in which to live, work and raise a famil... Read More

Kent Ranked
#10 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat
The BestPlaces Summer Comfort Index considers seven climate variables, including total precipitation, daily minimum and... Read More

Kent Ranked
#11 Failure To Lunch
The Cities Where Workers Can't Get Away From Their Desk Sperling's BestPlaces was commissioned by restaurant ch... Read More

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#12 The Most Single Cities
As interesting as the nation as a whole is trending, Sperling said, we want to see which places had the greatest percentage of si... Read More

Kent Ranked
#16 Best Block Party Places
Best Block Party Places... Read More

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#16 Best Airports to Make a Connection
The thought of flying during the holidays normally conjures up images of screaming kids with colds, cancelled flights and less-th... Read More

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#19 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011
Bankers Life and Casualty Company Center for a Secure Retirement recently commissioned a survey of the Best U.S. Cities for S... Read More

Kent Ranked
#22 Sleepless Cities 2011
Bert Sperling releases the results of his latest study on sleeplessness, and finds that Louisville, Kentucky has the distin... Read More

Kent Ranked
#28 Best Baseball Cities
The most special month of the year for every baseball fan. The World Series determines the best baseball team, but did you ever w... Read More

Kent Ranked
#30 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings.... Read More

Kent Ranked
#30 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers
Home may be where the heart is, but for many baby boomers, home is also where guests stop by unannounced, ""to-do"" lists seem... Read More

Kent Ranked
#32 Best Green Cities
Country Home magazine, in conjunction with Sperlings BestPlaces, reveals that Burlington, Vermont is the 2007 Best Green Pla... Read More

Kent Ranked
#35 Most Irritation Prone Cities
A new study measuring everyday irritations like heat, traffic and household pests ranks major southern cities among the most irr... Read More

Kent Ranked
#39 Most Competitive Public Colleges
Most Competitive Public Colleges... Read More

Kent Ranked
#40 America’s Manliest Cities
Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#41 Hypertension Hot Spots
A national analysis conducted by Sperling’s BestPlaces identifies the nation’s Hypertension Hot Spots, or cities that fa... Read More

Kent Ranked
#41 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
Rankings for the 3rd Annual Combos Americas Manliest Cities... Read More

Kent Ranked
#42 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#44 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep
As our lifestyle becomes increasingly stressful due to work, relationships, and world events, the need for sleep becomes eve... Read More

Kent Ranked
#44 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
A new analysis, which ranked the 50 worst cities for respiratory infections in the United States, names Greenville, South Caroli... Read More

Kent Ranked
#46 Most Energetic Cities
We conducted a recent study in partnership with Tahitian Noni International HiroTM, a new healthy beverage line, on ""Most ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#55 2005 High Gas Prices
Gas prices recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down. Today the average U.S. family with two drivers p... Read More

Kent Ranked
#58 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
Just in time for the holidays – which cities have the biggest holiday crush of travelers? Here are the 100 U.S. cities which show ... Read More

Kent Ranked
#59 2005 Best Places to Live
2005 Best Places to Live Study.... Read More

Kent Ranked
#59 America's Migraine Hot Spots
Everybody gets a headache now and then, but did you know that the severe headaches known as migraines affect over 29 million Am... Read More

Kent Ranked
#66 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
Bars and clubs that promote the ubiquitous "Ladies Night" might be surprised to find their citys gender gap favors the men. S... Read More

Kent Ranked
#66 Drought-Riskiest Cities
Scientists are warning that raging brush fires could become routine. Florida is running out of water to meet the needs of its grow... Read More

Kent Ranked
#151 Best Green Cities
Country Home magazine, in conjunction with Sperlings BestPlaces, reveals that Burlington, Vermont is the 2007 Best Green Pla... Read More

Rankings for Petersburg

Petersburg Ranked
#3 Best Places for Military Retirees
Coinciding with Veteran’s Day, we just completed an interesting study about the best places in the U.S. for military retirees to ... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#4 Best-Rested Cities 2011
Bert Sperling releases the results of his latest study on sleeplessness, and finds that Louisville, Kentucky has the distin... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#6 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#8 2005 High Gas Prices
Gas prices recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down. Today the average U.S. family with two drivers p... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#10 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas
US Cities ripe for mobile workstyle enabled by Intel(r) Centrino(r) Duo Mobile Technology.... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#12 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
Bars and clubs that promote the ubiquitous "Ladies Night" might be surprised to find their citys gender gap favors the men. S... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#12 America’s Manliest Cities
Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#12 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
Just in time for the holidays – which cities have the biggest holiday crush of travelers? Here are the 100 U.S. cities which show ... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#13 Most Congested Cities
To help frustrated nighttime nasal congestion sufferers understand the factors greatly contributing to their chronic nasal congest... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#13 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement
Retirement used to mean heading South to bake in the sun, spending the rest of one’s life playing tennis, golf and shuffleboar... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#15 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
A new analysis, which ranked the 50 worst cities for respiratory infections in the United States, names Greenville, South Caroli... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#17 Cities on the Edge of Greatness
Sperling’s BestPlaces and Edge® Shave Gel Reveal American Cities Poised for Greatness in Sports, Art, Music, Culture.... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#21 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings.... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#21 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
Gas prices have recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down any time soon. The average U.S. family with tw... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#21 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers
Home may be where the heart is, but for many baby boomers, home is also where guests stop by unannounced, ""to-do"" lists seem... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#22 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
Rankings for the 3rd Annual Combos Americas Manliest Cities... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#23 America's Most Playful Cities
Dove Chocolate teams up with Sperling’s BestPlaces to find the cities where people are being the most playful, and where ther... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#25 Hypertension Hot Spots
A national analysis conducted by Sperling’s BestPlaces identifies the nation’s Hypertension Hot Spots, or cities that fa... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#25 America’s Least Manly Cities
Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#27 Gloomiest Places in America
The data team at BestPlaces.net determined each metro area’s Gloom Score by looking at three key environmental factors for the m... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#30 America's Top Hygge Cities
Hygge is the Danish concept of creating cozy environments that foster well-being and contentment. Many Americans have eagerly ado... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#38 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft
Sperling’s BestPlaces has released a new study that highlights the cities where residents are at a higher risk for iJack... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#38 Most Energetic Cities
We conducted a recent study in partnership with Tahitian Noni International HiroTM, a new healthy beverage line, on ""Most ... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#39 Most Irritation Prone Cities
A new study measuring everyday irritations like heat, traffic and household pests ranks major southern cities among the most irr... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#43 Best Block Party Places
Best Block Party Places... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#43 Failure To Lunch
The Cities Where Workers Can't Get Away From Their Desk Sperling's BestPlaces was commissioned by restaurant ch... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#44 Best Cities for Board Gamers
The data team at BestPlaces.net calculated each metro area’s Board Gamer Score based on board game interest and sales from th... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#46 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
Feeling safe and secure is especially important to Americans these days. Recent events have reminded us that the safety of our l... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#47 Drought-Riskiest Cities
Scientists are warning that raging brush fires could become routine. Florida is running out of water to meet the needs of its grow... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#47 Sleepless Cities 2011
Bert Sperling releases the results of his latest study on sleeplessness, and finds that Louisville, Kentucky has the distin... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#53 The Most Single Cities
As interesting as the nation as a whole is trending, Sperling said, we want to see which places had the greatest percentage of si... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#55 2005 Best Places to Live
2005 Best Places to Live Study.... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#61 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
Hooking that hottie is hard enough without the odds stacked against you, so the city researchers at Sperling’s BestPlaces have ide... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#62 America's Migraine Hot Spots
Everybody gets a headache now and then, but did you know that the severe headaches known as migraines affect over 29 million Am... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#69 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
Between international terrorism and a struggling economy, todays Americans are faced with more stress than ever. In this new s... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#77 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

Petersburg Ranked
#165 Best Green Cities
Country Home magazine, in conjunction with Sperlings BestPlaces, reveals that Burlington, Vermont is the 2007 Best Green Pla... Read More

Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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Reviews for Petersburg    3 Reviews

Petersburg's crime statistics do not accurately reflect the true picture of our city. Unfortunately, cime is crime, but the lack of the most serious random acts of crime  More

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Though there are people who rent in petersburg who work in nearby richmond, the rental market is not yet prohibitive in richmond. The real value is for those who want  More

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Over 18 years ago

Climate is hot and humid in summer but spring and fall are generally quite nice. Winters are not bad either, it snows occasionally but there is still a lot of sunshine  More

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