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Santa Cruz, CA vs Hood River, OR

#18 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#27 Best Green Cities

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

#124 2005 Best Places to Live

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

I have lived here for 20 years coming from the NY east coast area. This is a lot better in Summer as reflected in the rents which are out of this world -- $200 per  More

Hood River Oregon is a amazing place to live the winters are awesome lots to do.The two things that i found that sucks about hood river is the cost of living and the  More

I would like to know how many Hispanics are register voters in the city of The Dalles OR. And how many Hispanics are there in the ciy of The Dalles  More