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Rankings for Petaluma

Petaluma Ranked
#1 America’s Best Cities for Foodies
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Petaluma Ranked
#23 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#137 Best Green Cities
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#166 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Lancaster

Lancaster Ranked
#2 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Lancaster Ranked
#2 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat
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Lancaster Ranked
#43 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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Lancaster Ranked
#47 Gloomiest Places in America
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Lancaster Ranked
#50 America's Top Hygge Cities
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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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