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Ocean City, MD vs Colchester, CT

#23 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

#49 Best Green Cities

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

#17 Best Green Cities

#67 2005 Best Places to Live

#93 America's Migraine Hot Spots

The town itself if quaint but typically coastal. In high season you will crawl from traffic light to traffic light. Maybe place to be single but don't grow old alone.  More

Not that bad at all. My family stays here every summer, and we have no problems. The crime rating is only a 10 because the boardwalk gets a lot of petty theft and drunk  More

Crime here really isnt a 10. The boardwalk gets a lot of drunk people and petty theft during the summer, and that skews the results. Ive stayed here in OC every summer  More

I vote that we nickname colchester coolchester  More

Colchester to me is a perfect place to live. Although it is about a 30 minute drive to most stores, it has a lot to offer, and especially if you have children. There is  More

Colchester is located in the south-central portion of Connecticut about 30 minutes east of the capital of Hartford. Our downtown area is situated around a large town  More