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Maple Valley, WA vs Lafayette, LA

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

#1 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#1 Gloomiest Places in America

#1 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#2 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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

#2 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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

#4 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#4 Healthiest Cities

#4 America’s Least Manly Cities

#5 America's Most Playful Cities

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

#6 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#6 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#6 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#8 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#8 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#8 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#8 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#8 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#8 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#9 Stressful Cities 2012

#10 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#10 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

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

#10 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#11 Failure To Lunch

#12 The Most Single Cities

#16 Best Block Party Places

#16 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#19 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#22 Sleepless Cities 2011

#28 Best Baseball Cities

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

#30 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#32 Best Green Cities

#35 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#39 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#40 America’s Manliest Cities

#41 Hypertension Hot Spots

#41 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#42 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#44 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#44 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#46 Most Energetic Cities

#55 2005 High Gas Prices

#58 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#59 2005 Best Places to Live

#59 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#66 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#66 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#151 Best Green Cities

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

#70 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#297 2005 Best Places to Live

#312 Best Green Cities

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 should add this to my previous review. Lafayette was ranked "Happiest City in the US" by USA Today magazine and "Tastiest Town" by Southern  More

I’m from Florida but I’ve lived in the Lafayette area for thirty-five years. I’ve never known nicer people. It’s true that non-Cajuns can never integrate entirely with  More

What are the hottest neighborhoods to buy/live in right now? I'm from out of  More