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Rankings for La Porte

La Porte Ranked
#25 Emerging Metropolitan Areas
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La Porte Ranked
#314 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Punta Gorda

Punta Gorda Ranked
#35 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Punta Gorda Ranked
#49 2005 Best Places to Live
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#57 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Punta Gorda Ranked
#124 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for La Porte    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

La Porte is close to Chicago without all of the big city prices. Easy to visit several cities which a relatively  More

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You might not believe it, but being in the snow belt has unexpected benefits -- like spending the day at home when you planned to go to work but couldn't get out of the  More

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Some of the good things about La Porte. It has the La Porte County Symphony for music lovers, La Porte Little Theater for those who like plays, an art gallery with  More

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Reviews for Punta Gorda    15 Reviews

When we were visiting different cities in Florida, we quickly realised that Punta Gorda is the friendliest gulf coast town in south Florida BY FAR! My wife and I bought  More

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I haven't lived in Punta Gorda, so I'm not sure about every nook and cranny of the place, however I did visit for about a month during the winter and about another 2  More

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Over 8 years ago

We have lived here for six years and enjoy it very much. One gets used to the summers but they are uncomfortable. The fishing is pretty good - used to be much better.  More

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