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#1 Sleep in the City Study

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#6 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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#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

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#14 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#15 Best Block Party Places

#17 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#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

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#45 Sleepless Cities 2011

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#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

#4 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

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

#5 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#7 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#7 Sleep in the City Study

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

#7 Best Block Party Places

#8 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#8 Most Energetic Cities

#8 America’s Least Manly Cities

#9 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#9 Gloomiest Places in America

#10 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#10 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#13 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#13 Sleepless Cities 2011

#14 Best Baseball Cities

#14 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#16 Stressful Cities 2012

#16 America's Most Playful Cities

#16 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#17 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#19 The Most Single Cities

#19 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#20 America's Top Hygge Cities

#21 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#22 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#24 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#25 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

#27 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#27 Most Competitive Private Colleges

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

#29 Healthiest Cities

#29 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#31 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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

#35 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#35 Failure To Lunch

#36 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#36 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 2005 High Gas Prices

#46 America’s Manliest Cities

#46 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#49 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

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

#77 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#82 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#90 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#155 2005 Best Places to Live

#192 Best Green 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

Just a normal, big town in the Midwest. Decent public schools, sure, pretty safe, indeed and not expensive (yet) to live. On the one hand many normal-sized (mostly old)  More

Boring but good  More