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Merritt Island, FL vs Thousand Oaks, CA

#7 Hurricane Hotspots

#21 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#50 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#64 2005 Best Places to Live

#85 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#252 Best Green Cities

#3 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#5 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#5 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#5 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

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

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

#65 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#90 Best Green Cities

#92 The Most Single Cities

#96 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#147 2005 Best Places to Live

It can get hot in the summer, but you get a breeze off the ocean most afternoons. If you live on the waterways, it seems to be a little cooler. Winters are  More

New to the area, but soon to know more. Florida is a sunshine state  More

Coming from Virginia, the Merritt Island architecture leaves a lot to be desired. Hurricane season (June - November) causes me a lot of  More

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More