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Raleigh Ranked
#8 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Raleigh Ranked
#16 Best Green Cities
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#18 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#68 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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Rankings for Pennington

Pennington Ranked
#1 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List
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#2 Best Airports to Make a Connection
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#4 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#6 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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#6 Sleep in the City Study
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#35 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Pennington Ranked
#74 Best Green Cities
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#169 2005 Best Places to Live
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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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Reviews for Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  More

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