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Neptune, NJ vs Asheville, NC

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#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)

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#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

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#8 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#8 Most Affordable Colleges

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#10 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#10 Failure To Lunch

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#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

#8 2005 Best Places to Live

#25 Best Green Cities

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

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My children have just started school in Neptune and I will be taking them out due the extreme poor performance of the schools. See the NJ department of education web  More

I grew up in Neptune twp. I spent all of my childhood and part of my early adult life there. I had a great life there. I would call it Lower to middle class suburban  More

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More