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

#61 The Most Single Cities

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

#247 Best Green Cities

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#5 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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

#7 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#8 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#12 America's Most Playful Cities

#12 Best Block Party Places

#12 2005 High Gas Prices

#15 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#15 Sleepless Cities 2011

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

#16 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#17 America’s Least Manly Cities

#19 Healthiest Cities

#19 Gloomiest Places in America

#20 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#22 Hypertension Hot Spots

#22 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#25 Best Baseball Cities

#25 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#26 The Most Single Cities

#27 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#27 America's Top Hygge Cities

#28 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#29 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#30 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#32 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#34 Stressful Cities 2012

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

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

#36 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#37 America’s Manliest Cities

#37 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#38 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#39 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#40 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#42 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

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

#48 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#65 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#126 Best Green Cities

#179 2005 Best Places to Live

It's a small town but growing. The scenery and weather are nice. The location is just about right. It's not far from Pittsburgh or other cities, towns and activities.  More

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More