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Lakeville, MN vs Parker, CO

#1 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#1 Sleep in the City Study

#1 America's Most Playful Cities

#2 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#3 America's Top Hygge Cities

#4 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#4 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#4 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#5 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

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

#6 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#6 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#7 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#7 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#8 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#8 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#9 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#10 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#12 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#13 Healthiest Cities

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

#14 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#15 Best Block Party Places

#17 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#17 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#18 Gloomiest Places in America

#18 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#18 America’s Manliest Cities

#20 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#24 2005 Best Places to Live

#25 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#27 Most Energetic Cities

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

#29 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

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

#32 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#36 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#37 Failure To Lunch

#43 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#45 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Sleepless Cities 2011

#46 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#48 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#49 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#50 Stressful Cities 2012

#54 The Most Single Cities

#54 2005 High Gas Prices

#76 Best Green Cities

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

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

#99 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

#3 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#3 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#3 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#3 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#3 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#3 America's Most Playful Cities

#5 America's Top Hygge Cities

#5 America’s Least Manly Cities

#5 America’s Manliest Cities

#5 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#6 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#6 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#7 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#8 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#9 Healthiest Cities

#9 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#9 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

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

#13 Most Energetic Cities

#13 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

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

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

#18 Failure To Lunch

#19 Stressful Cities 2012

#20 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#21 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#23 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#23 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#29 The Most Single Cities

#31 Sleepless Cities 2011

#31 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#33 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#36 Gloomiest Places in America

#38 2005 High Gas Prices

#39 Best Block Party Places

#41 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#42 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#43 Best Baseball Cities

#48 Hypertension Hot Spots

#56 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#57 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#60 2005 Best Places to Live

#63 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#79 Best Green Cities

#83 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#85 Drought-Riskiest Cities

We lived in Lakeville for 3 years (2015-18). My husband and I have traveled all over the country. We've lived in California, Hawaii, Arizona, Colorado and Minnesota.  More

I’ve grown up in Lakeville for 20 years. I know this area better than the back of my hand. The schools are excellent, especially North HS. The housing is cheap and  More

I have found Lakeville to have many amenities and its nice its so close to the Twin Cities. HOWEVER, unless have bunches of money in your pocket or are a local you will  More

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More