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Seattle, WA vs Oak Park, CA

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#1 Gloomiest Places in America

#1 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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#2 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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#8 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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#8 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#8 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#9 Stressful Cities 2012

#10 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#10 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#10 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#10 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#11 Failure To Lunch

#12 The Most Single Cities

#16 Best Block Party Places

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#19 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

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

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#46 Most Energetic Cities

#55 2005 High Gas Prices

#58 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

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#59 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#66 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#66 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#151 Best Green Cities

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

#3 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#5 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#5 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#5 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

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

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

#65 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#90 Best Green Cities

#92 The Most Single Cities

#96 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#147 2005 Best Places to Live

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

We have lived in Oak Park for approximately 17 years. The schools are great, the community is great, we like it here. However, the cost of living in CA is high, as are  More

The crime rate reported for this area cannot be correct. It is as safe as neighboring Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake  More

Oak Park, CA, offers a great quality of life for the LA area. It's close to Malibu and Ventura beaches, convenient to activities in and around LA, has one of the best  More