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Portland, OR vs Emerald Isle, NC

#1 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#2 America's Top Hygge Cities

#2 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#2 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#2 Gloomiest Places in America

#3 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#4 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#4 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#5 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#5 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

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

#6 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#7 America's Most Playful Cities

#8 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#9 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#10 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#11 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#11 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#12 2005 Best Places to Live

#13 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

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

#16 Healthiest Cities

#16 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#17 Best Block Party Places

#20 Stressful Cities 2012

#20 Best Baseball Cities

#23 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#23 Failure To Lunch

#26 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#27 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#27 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#35 Most Energetic Cities

#37 Hypertension Hot Spots

#37 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#39 The Most Single Cities

#40 Sleepless Cities 2011

#40 Best Green Cities

#43 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#47 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#47 America’s Manliest Cities

#49 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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

#51 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#70 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#71 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#76 2005 High Gas Prices

#82 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

If you're seeking that perfect family vacation beach getaway on the North Carolina coast, it just doesn't get any better than Emerald Isle. Offering so many great things  More