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Racine, WI vs Cary, NC

#13 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

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

#307 2005 Best Places to Live

#319 Best Green Cities

#8 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#16 Best Green Cities

#18 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#68 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

Sad to see how far it has fallen over the last three decades or so. Still very depressed  More

This city is a complete mess. I have lived all over the US for work and this place is a little Detroit after the great depression post 2008. Work is non-existent and  More

No jobs, no recreation. Poor education. High crime.  More

Cary is up-and-coming “cool.” The downtown is revitalized and growing. The town takes urban planning very seriously. The home prices have definitely spiked in the last  More

I've lived in NY, CT, MA, and in Miami FL. Now here in Cary NC for the past 10 years. For what I want and need at this phase of my life, I really like it here! All the  More

As a Real Estate Agent, I consider Cary the most central location in the Triangle, it basically takes you twenty minutes to get to Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough,   More