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Waco, TX vs Santa Clara, CA

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

#157 Best Green Cities

#227 2005 Best Places to Live

#1 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#1 Healthiest Cities

#1 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#3 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#4 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#4 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#4 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#5 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#6 Most Competitive Private Colleges

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

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

#17 Best Baseball Cities

#20 America's Riskiest Online Cities

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

#32 Gloomiest Places in America

#36 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#36 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#38 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#38 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

#40 The Most Single Cities

#42 Failure To Lunch

#44 America's Top Hygge Cities

#45 Stressful Cities 2012

#48 Sleepless Cities 2011

#48 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#48 Best Cities for Board Gamers

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

#51 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#73 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#168 2005 Best Places to Live

#178 Best Green Cities

This town is a nightmare for all nearby towns or people passing through. Expect to add an hour to your trip if you're passing through. Traffic. Traffic traffic.  More

Best city in Texas when you count traffic, housing cost, eateries, Baylor Bear sports, largest urban lake in Texas, Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, Texas Sports Hall of  More

i was raised in waco tx and recently moved to country to get away from the drama and crime associated w living in waco.But it seems now the city of Waco has purchased  More

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More