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#15 Hypertension Hot Spots

#16 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#34 Sleepless Cities 2011

#36 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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#39 Stressful Cities 2012

#40 Best Baseball Cities

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

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University Place is a great supporter of public schools. The community values good education and has no problem supporting funding for schools. This does create higher  More

I lived in waukesha for 37 years. It's home, it's where I grew up but it's a bit of a dump. They're trying hard to make it nice but its just not that great of a place to  More

I lived in Waukesha in 2006 while on a contract position for a precast design company. I found Waukesha to be a very enjoyable place to live. It is a very place to live  More

Waukesha is a small city, 65K population, with the amenities of a larger town. Its access to library, daily shopping, mainline restaurant fare and outside activity is  More