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Silver Spring, MD vs Bear, DE

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#5 2005 High Gas Prices

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

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#11 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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#26 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

#87 Best Green Cities

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

#1 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#3 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#3 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#3 Sleepless Cities 2011

#6 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#6 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#7 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#7 Best Places for Military Retirees

#9 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#9 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#9 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#10 Most Congested Cities

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

#12 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#14 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#14 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#16 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#16 The Most Single Cities

#16 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#16 Gloomiest Places in America

#17 Failure To Lunch

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

#19 America's Most Playful Cities

#19 Best Block Party Places

#20 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#21 America’s Least Manly Cities

#21 Hypertension Hot Spots

#23 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#23 Stressful Cities 2012

#23 Best Baseball Cities

#24 Healthiest Cities

#25 America's Top Hygge Cities

#29 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#30 America’s Manliest Cities

#30 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#31 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

#32 Most Energetic Cities

#32 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#33 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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

#35 2005 High Gas Prices

#37 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#38 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#40 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#50 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

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

#57 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#76 2005 Best Places to Live

#88 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#195 Best Green Cities

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#263 Best Green Cities

Growing up in Silver Spring, my family and I have been residents for the better part of 25 years. Although some of the development has been great (Discovery Channel, new  More

What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

I have lived in Bear Delaware for about 15 years and absolutely love it! Lums Pond State Park Area/Bear/Newark/Glasgow are wonderful. You have everything you could  More

I have lived in Wilmington, Newark, New Castle, Bear, and Oogletown Delaware. From 1990 to 2004. I honestly do not have anything favorable to say about Delaware, and  More

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