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

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#36 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#38 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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#47 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#48 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

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

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My siblings and I are products of the Paramus Public School system and I am an attorney, my sister is a doctor and my brother is finishing his MBA. Many of my high  More

I have lived here most of my life and it is a fabulous place to live. Community oriented - great schools and great  More

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More