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#151 Best Green Cities

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#2 America's Most Playful Cities

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#3 Sleep in the City Study

#3 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#3 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

#3 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#4 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#5 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#7 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#7 Best Baseball Cities

#9 America’s Least Manly Cities

#12 Best Green Cities

#12 Healthiest Cities

#12 Failure To Lunch

#13 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#14 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#16 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#18 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#21 Stressful Cities 2012

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

#23 The Most Single Cities

#25 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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

#28 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#28 Best Block Party Places

#36 America's Top Hygge Cities

#37 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

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

#43 America’s Manliest Cities

#43 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#44 Most Energetic Cities

#44 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#46 Gloomiest Places in America

#49 Sleepless Cities 2011

#49 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#61 2005 High Gas Prices

#66 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#70 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#74 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#99 America's Migraine Hot Spots

We moved to Maple Valley 14 years ago from Kent, mostly for the school district. We have been very happy with the decision. Most of the state's best school districts  More

Quiet, beautiful, lush greenery and just 30 miles to Seattle. Take a load off and stay awhile.  More

Being a resident of Maple Valley for most of my life. I know I wouldn't be where I am if it weren't for the teachers of Tahoma School District #409. Don't let the crime  More

I've lived in Carlsbad (92008) for 8 years now and really appreciate all that it has to offer. Yes, ALL of San Diego County is expensive, but Carlsbad has [possibly]  More

Carlson has the worst winters. It averages about 10 meters of snow per week. Every shop is  More

Ok, I get it, the climate is mild and tolerable but even that is over-rated when you consider how many cloudy days there are in this town. The sun coming out at 3 and  More