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Thompson, CT vs Falmouth, ME

#12 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#14 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#23 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#33 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#70 The Most Single Cities

#72 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#87 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#197 Best Green Cities

#286 2005 Best Places to Live

#292 2005 Best Places to Live

#4 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

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

#15 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#20 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#21 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#34 Best Green Cities

#81 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#89 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#236 2005 Best Places to Live

In a nutshell, the town raised the tax rate from 24 to 26/1000 in value. Also, it seemed that the transition from Massachusetts was more expensive and more bureaucratic  More

Falmouth borders Portland, Maines largest city, so the nationally reconginized resturants, vibrant arts community, festivals, and shopping are all close. For the size  More

Falmouth K-12 schools consistantly score high on the states standardized tests. While my daughter was in private schools in CA, I am confortable with the education  More