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Rankings for Queensbury

Queensbury Ranked
#8 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Queensbury Ranked
#41 Best Green Cities
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Queensbury Ranked
#69 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Queensbury Ranked
#285 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Raleigh

Raleigh Ranked
#8 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Raleigh Ranked
#16 Best Green Cities
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Raleigh Ranked
#18 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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Raleigh Ranked
#68 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Reviews for Queensbury    5 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived here since October 2021, and I can’t wait to leave. This place is beyond boring. There aren’t many stores, and the mall they have is a run-down ghost town.  More

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Don't take it for granted. I was born(1980) and raised in Queensbury til 1998. I thought that the Glens Falls area sucked until I moved to Manchester NH. At first it  More

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Over 12 years ago

New York is too  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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