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Providence, RI vs Framingham, MA

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#5 Best Block Party Places

#6 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#8 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#8 Most Competitive Private Colleges

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#10 Sleepless Cities 2011

#12 America's Top Hygge Cities

#12 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

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#18 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

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#21 America's Most Playful Cities

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#23 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#24 Failure To Lunch

#24 Hypertension Hot Spots

#27 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#29 Stressful Cities 2012

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#31 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

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#38 Healthiest Cities

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#39 Best Baseball Cities

#39 2005 High Gas Prices

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#44 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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#62 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

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

#74 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#86 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#161 Best Green Cities

#173 2005 Best Places to Live

#319 2005 Best Places to Live

#1 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#1 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#1 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#2 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#2 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#2 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#2 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#3 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#4 The Most Single Cities

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

#5 Most Energetic Cities

#6 America's Most Playful Cities

#7 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#7 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#8 America's Top Hygge Cities

#8 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#8 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#8 Sleep in the City Study

#9 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#9 America's Top Hygge Cities

#10 Gloomiest Places in America

#11 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#11 Healthiest Cities

#12 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#12 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#13 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#15 Best Baseball Cities

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

#19 Failure To Lunch

#19 2005 High Gas Prices

#20 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#20 Sleepless Cities 2011

#22 Best Block Party Places

#24 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#24 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#26 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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

#33 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#35 Stressful Cities 2012

#38 America’s Manliest Cities

#40 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#41 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#42 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#43 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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

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

#64 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#67 Best Green Cities

#71 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#108 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#121 Best Green Cities

I think I hate this city more then my  More

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

Great central location and easy access to major routs  More

One of the reasons I moved here was for the ease of access to the city center of Boston, and also to get on the road in any direction... I still really appreciate that a  More

Potential option for a dual career couple commuting between Boston and Worcester.OK but not great schools-ethnically diverse but with little crime.Not snooty but your  More