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Richmond, VA vs Tyler, TX

#3 Best Places for Military Retirees

#4 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#6 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#8 2005 High Gas Prices

#10 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#12 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

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#21 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#22 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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#27 Gloomiest Places in America

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#38 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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#43 Best Block Party Places

#43 Failure To Lunch

#44 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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

#47 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#47 Sleepless Cities 2011

#53 The Most Single Cities

#55 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#62 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#77 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#165 Best Green Cities

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

#138 2005 Best Places to Live

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Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

Upon reading numerous reviews on living in Tyler TX, after I and my family moved here!!!! I really wish I had read before leaving my home state to come here. Most of the  More

My husband and I moved to a cabin in the woods just outside Tyler in 2007, so we've been here almost 15 years. Pros that other reviewers haven't mentioned: 1. very  More

Great place to live if you have your crap together. Lots of professionals and families. Great parks, weather, restaurants, churches, and schools. If you like big  More