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Lake Lure, NC vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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#13 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#13 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#14 Healthiest Cities

#14 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#15 Gloomiest Places in America

#15 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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#19 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#35 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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

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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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I was only here on vacation for about a week or so... But in this relatively-short span of time, I came to not only love this place, but also adore it. I also adore  More

Lake Lure has a retirement community that has been slowly discovered - Rumbling Bald Mountain Resort. This small lake area community has beautiful mountain views,  More

Hello My wife and I have lived in Lake Lure in the Hickory full time since 2002. It is in many ways the best kept secret in Western NC. We live in the Rumbling Bald  More

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More