2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Sterling Heights, MI vs Philadelphia, PA

#2 The Most Single Cities

#2 Hypertension Hot Spots

#5 Stressful Cities 2012

#5 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#6 Gloomiest Places in America

#7 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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

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

#10 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#11 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#11 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#11 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#11 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#12 Sleepless Cities 2011

#13 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#14 Most Energetic Cities

#14 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#15 Most Irritation Prone Cities

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

#16 Most Congested Cities

#16 America's Top Hygge Cities

#18 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

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

#20 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#20 America’s Manliest Cities

#22 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#24 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#25 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#30 Best Baseball Cities

#32 Best Block Party Places

#33 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#33 Failure To Lunch

#34 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#38 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#40 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#41 America's Most Playful Cities

#41 America’s Least Manly Cities

#43 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#44 Healthiest Cities

#45 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#45 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#45 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#50 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#50 Sleep in the City Study

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

#78 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#79 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#263 2005 Best Places to Live

#285 Best Green Cities

#344 Best Green Cities

#1 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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

#3 Sleepless Cities 2011

#3 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#3 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#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 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#10 Most Congested Cities

#12 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#14 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#14 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#16 Gloomiest Places in America

#16 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#16 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#16 The Most Single Cities

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

#17 Failure To Lunch

#19 America's Most Playful Cities

#19 Best Block Party Places

#20 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#21 Hypertension Hot Spots

#21 America’s Least Manly Cities

#23 Stressful Cities 2012

#23 Best Baseball Cities

#23 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced 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 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#32 Most Energetic Cities

#33 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#35 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#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

#261 Best Green Cities

#263 Best Green Cities

Sterling Heights is a beautiful spread out city north of Detroit, but if you want to go anywhere you will need to provide your own  More

Appears controversial toward its punishment of Afro-American students who get in trouble at school in Sterling Heights. They seem more eager to enforce the zero  More

I like Sterling Heights, but overall MI needs a makeover. We're moving away as soon as we  More

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More