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

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

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

#39 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#185 Best Green Cities

#2 Best Places for Military Retirees

#4 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

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#10 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#17 2005 Best Places to Live

#19 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#21 Best Block Party Places

#24 Gloomiest Places in America

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#28 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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#29 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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#30 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#30 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#32 Sleepless Cities 2011

#32 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#33 Best Baseball Cities

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#39 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#39 Healthiest Cities

#40 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#42 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#45 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#45 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#47 Stressful Cities 2012

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#49 Most Energetic Cities

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#87 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#96 Best Green Cities

I've lived in Las Cruces for six months now. Before moving here I was in Albuquerque (3 hrs north) for four years and before that I lived in Northern Utah most of my  More

Las Cruces is a hidden gem! Homes are still affordable, you're not far from bigger city entertainment/transportation, and the scenery in beautiful. It's not all dry  More

It depends on what you are looking for; for me Las Cruces is and ideal place. I am retired and the kind of places I seek to live in have changed over the years. I have  More

Economy here is mixed. Zoning is a poorly planned mix of hidden business and houses on the main roads with mixed older dilapidated housing next door to larger, newer  More

York County, VA offers some of the best schools in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Children tend to score much higher on standardized tests and the graduation rate is higher  More

The temp's here are wonderful during the spring and fall. They stay around the high 60's to low 80's. The summer's are pretty hot when you factor in the humidity, the  More