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Syracuse, NY vs San Marcos, CA

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

#4 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#13 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#39 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#44 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

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#59 The Most Single Cities

#61 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#73 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#73 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#246 2005 Best Places to Live

#2 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#2 America's Most Playful Cities

#2 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#3 Sleep in the City Study

#3 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#3 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

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#4 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

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#7 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#7 Best Baseball Cities

#9 America’s Least Manly Cities

#12 Best Green Cities

#12 Healthiest Cities

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#16 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#18 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#21 Stressful Cities 2012

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

#23 The Most Single Cities

#25 Best Airports to Make a Connection

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

#28 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#28 Best Block Party Places

#36 America's Top Hygge Cities

#37 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

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

#43 America’s Manliest Cities

#43 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#44 Most Energetic Cities

#44 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#46 Gloomiest Places in America

#49 Sleepless Cities 2011

#49 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#61 2005 High Gas Prices

#66 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#70 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#74 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#99 America's Migraine Hot Spots

I've lived in Syracuse, NY my entire life. The majority of my family and friends are from here as well. I love the Syracuse sports teams and have done so since I was a  More

I was born 30 miles from Syracuse,, moved away to travel all over the USA, living in about 8 different cities, then came to live in Syracuse, NY. I have been here for 20  More

I’ll start by saying I’ve lived here my whole life. I have only lived here but can’t wait to move out. I’ll lay out some pros and cons. Pros: it has a decent downtown  More

Just an amazing place to live. I have lived in 7 states and almost countless cities. Sam Marcos is one of the best. This is literally the longest place I have lived  More

Is this area to expensive for the average income retired  More

Beautiful Mediterranean climate with bright sunshine and ocean breazes. City is just 15 minutes away from the  More