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Merrick, NY vs Tampa, FL

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

#2 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#2 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#2 Sleepless Cities 2011

#3 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#3 The Most Single Cities

#4 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

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

#5 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#5 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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

#6 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#7 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#7 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

#8 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#8 Most Affordable Colleges

#9 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#10 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#10 Failure To Lunch

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

#11 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#12 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#13 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#14 Healthiest Cities

#14 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#15 Gloomiest Places in America

#15 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#16 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#16 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#19 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#24 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#25 Best Block Party Places

#25 Stressful Cities 2012

#28 America's Most Playful Cities

#29 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#29 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#29 Most Energetic Cities

#34 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#34 America's Top Hygge Cities

#35 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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

#35 Best Baseball Cities

#40 2005 Best Places to Live

#42 Hypertension Hot Spots

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

#43 2005 High Gas Prices

#45 Sleep in the City Study

#49 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#50 America’s Manliest Cities

#50 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#75 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#106 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#234 Best Green Cities

#1 Stressful Cities 2012

#3 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#4 Hurricane Hotspots

#5 Sleepless Cities 2011

#7 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#8 Best Baseball Cities

#9 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#9 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#10 Hypertension Hot Spots

#11 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#13 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#13 2005 High Gas Prices

#14 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#16 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#16 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#18 The Most Single Cities

#18 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#19 Most Congested Cities

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

#25 America’s Manliest Cities

#25 America's Most Playful Cities

#27 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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

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

#30 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#30 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#32 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#33 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#37 Best Block Party Places

#38 Failure To Lunch

#39 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#40 Healthiest Cities

#42 America's Top Hygge Cities

#42 America’s Least Manly Cities

#43 Gloomiest Places in America

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

#44 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#47 Most Energetic Cities

#48 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#50 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#52 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#72 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#90 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#204 Best Green Cities

A great place to live and raise a family. Great schools, but the cost of living is getting out of control with the taxes and utilities. Probably relocating  More

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More