2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Manchester, CT vs Knoxville, TN

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#33 The Most Single Cities

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#82 Best Green Cities

#253 2005 Best Places to Live

#4 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#10 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#47 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#73 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#77 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#81 The Most Single Cities

#103 2005 Best Places to Live

#216 Best Green Cities

My husband and I moved to CT 20 years ago. He was headhunted by a firm in Hartford, and they made a good enough salary offer to bring us here. Oy, the sticker shock!  More

It Sucks No work no friendly  More

Manchester is a gateway to Hartford. Then its all down hill from there. watch out  More

What’s not to like? Friendly folks, mountains, rivers, lakes, streams, trees, amazing southern cuisine. Minimal traffic, solid museums, kid friendly everything, great  More

I lived in Knoxville for 3 years and still go there to see a doctor of mine until my treatment is over. You could not pay me to return to Knoxville now that I foster  More

This is my second residence in Knoxville and I'm loving my return after a 30 year absence. I love the city and county and the atmosphere surrounding them. What's not to  More