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#18 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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#27 Best Green Cities
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#41 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#124 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Kailua (Hawaii County)


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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

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

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Over 4 years ago

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

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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

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Reviews for Kailua (Hawaii County)    8 Reviews

The area is a bit overrated. The best location is on the beachfront. That is what the area is really known for. Going further away from the beach on streets like Oneawa  More

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Over 15 years ago

I recently spent 2 years in Kona. I fell in love with it but its no place for working class people. The housing is so expensive that they had create a 60 mile (one  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
95060 95064
ZIPS IN KAILUA (HAWAII COUNTY), HAWAII
96740

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