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Kingston, WA vs St. Louis, MO

#13 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#16 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

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

#44 2005 Best Places to Live

#68 Best Green Cities

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#4 Best Block Party Places

#5 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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#8 Hypertension Hot Spots

#9 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#10 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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#11 Most Congested Cities

#11 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#12 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

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

#14 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#14 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#16 Failure To Lunch

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

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

#17 Stressful Cities 2012

#19 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#19 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#19 Sleepless Cities 2011

#20 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#21 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#22 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#22 Gloomiest Places in America

#23 2005 High Gas Prices

#23 America's Top Hygge Cities

#24 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#26 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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#30 America's Most Playful Cities

#32 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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#34 Healthiest Cities

#36 America’s Least Manly Cities

#40 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#41 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#41 Sleep in the City Study

#41 Most Energetic Cities

#44 The Most Single Cities

#46 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#63 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#97 2005 Best Places to Live

#318 Best Green Cities

My wife, 3 boys and I moved here at the beginning of 2011. Kingston is very quiet, has friendly neighbors, reasonable home prices, nice farmers market, good schools,  More

Kingston is wetter, windier and cooler than nearby cities. It lies in Puget Sound's 'convergence zone', where weather fronts typically collide. This makes for some  More

plenty of power outtages during the  More

I'm 65 and lived here my entire life. Growing up in St. Louis I've learned there is a like to like about it. Lots of first class Hospitals and Doctors, LOTS of great  More

This is an outsider's perspective on St. Louis. Sometimes a fresh perspective looking in from the outside is helpful. I don't live there as of this writing (Dec 22) but  More

I have travelled extensively and have lived in several other cities around the country. I chose to live in St. Louis city because it has many big city amenities with an  More