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New Albany, IN vs Yakima, WA

#1 Sleepless Cities 2011

#3 Hypertension Hot Spots

#3 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#4 Most Congested Cities

#13 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#15 2005 High Gas Prices

#17 Gloomiest Places in America

#20 Best Block Party Places

#21 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

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#27 Best Baseball Cities

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

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#34 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#35 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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#42 The Most Single Cities

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#48 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#49 Failure To Lunch

#50 America's Most Playful Cities

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

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

#65 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#97 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#167 2005 Best Places to Live

#311 Best Green Cities

#9 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

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

#14 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

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

#170 Best Green Cities

#265 2005 Best Places to Live

I've lived in New Albany Indiana nearly six years. This town is one of the friendliest I have ever lived in. People are almost always helpful and good. Life  More

Many 100+ year old homes, not much to do there, close to to the Ohio River, pretty bad for allergy suffers. Schools not good. Excise tax on auto is paid every year and  More

Overall we've enjoyed our stay in Yakima after several years and plan on being here for several more, at least. The spring and summer here are just unreal compared to  More

I may be relocating to Yakima, WA for a professional position at a local university. I have never lived in this part of the country as I am from the East Coast. I have  More

Yakima is situated in the high desert, eastern elevations of the Cascade Mountain Range. Coming from the humid, eastern parts of the country, I was amazed at how  More