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Reading, PA vs Williamsburg, VA

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

#122 2005 Best Places to Live

#214 Best Green Cities

#2 Best Places for Military Retirees

#4 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

#8 America's Most Playful Cities

#10 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#10 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

#17 2005 Best Places to Live

#19 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#21 Best Block Party Places

#24 Gloomiest Places in America

#24 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#28 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#29 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#29 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#29 America's Top Hygge Cities

#30 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#30 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#32 Sleepless Cities 2011

#32 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#33 Best Baseball Cities

#36 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#39 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#39 Healthiest Cities

#40 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#42 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#45 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#45 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#47 Stressful Cities 2012

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

#47 2005 High Gas Prices

#48 Failure To Lunch

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

#49 Most Energetic Cities

#50 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#75 The Most Single Cities

#87 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#96 Best Green Cities

Having lived in Reading in the 1960's and early 1970's I can definitely say the city has gone downhill as it has in reality been a victim of two major forces; first  More

Berks County is beautiful in the fall. Cool, crisp air and the trees are a pallet of  More

Well to start, in the past 8 years ive lived in 7 states, some pros and cons. Tucson I loved in all respects except its not as nice as living in a small town but it  More

I started visiting here about 10 years ago when our daughter was living here, and two years ago, with my husband's retirement we decided to move here from northern VA,  More

Well I guess I'm late to the posts but maybe someone new will want info. I have lived here for 18 years. Growing up in CA. Way different. In response to other posts,  More

It is much higher than reported. Police cover up for the wealthy or well connected. Rapists are released from jail by the judges right after conviction. Police are  More