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Watertown Town, MA vs Portsmouth, NH

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#1 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#1 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#2 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#2 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#2 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#2 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#3 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#4 The Most Single Cities

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

#5 Most Energetic Cities

#6 America's Most Playful Cities

#7 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#7 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#8 America's Top Hygge Cities

#8 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#8 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#8 Sleep in the City Study

#9 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#9 America's Top Hygge Cities

#10 Gloomiest Places in America

#11 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#11 Healthiest Cities

#12 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#12 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#13 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#15 Best Baseball Cities

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

#19 Failure To Lunch

#19 2005 High Gas Prices

#20 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#20 Sleepless Cities 2011

#22 Best Block Party Places

#24 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#24 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#26 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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

#33 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#35 Stressful Cities 2012

#38 America’s Manliest Cities

#40 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#41 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#42 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#43 Hypertension Hot Spots

#45 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

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

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

#64 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#67 Best Green Cities

#71 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#108 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#121 Best Green Cities

I’ve lived in Watertown for 3½ years after living in Cambridge. It’s slightly further out and could use a couple more MBTA bus lines to make being car-free easier  More

Watertown has "small town charm" in abundance despite literally sharing borders with both Boston and  More

I first lived in Watertown several years ago as fresh college grad, and now I've been here again for 2 years with my husband and son. In both instances, I've loved it.   More

I was up in Portsmouth a couple years ago visiting from Florida. I loved how I was able to prk the car, get out and have numerous bars/restaurants, clothing stores, etc  More

Portsmouth is full of history, art, interesting shops, restaurants and the best  More

Portsmouth is a beautiful historic town settled right on the seacoast. Excellent restaurants, great cafes and shops, and picturesque streets make this a wonderful city  More