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West Des Moines, IA vs Walnut Creek, CA

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

#6 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#12 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

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

#35 Best Block Party Places

#52 2005 Best Places to Live

#54 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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

#88 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#93 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#145 Best Green Cities

#1 America’s Least Manly Cities

#1 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#1 The Most Single Cities

#1 Best Baseball Cities

#1 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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#1 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#2 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#3 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#3 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#3 Healthiest Cities

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#4 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#5 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#5 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#5 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#6 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#6 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#6 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#7 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#7 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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

#8 Failure To Lunch

#10 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#13 Stressful Cities 2012

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

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

#19 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#19 Best Green Cities

#23 Gloomiest Places in America

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

#24 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#25 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#26 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

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

#28 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#29 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#31 Best Block Party Places

#34 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#37 America's Top Hygge Cities

#37 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#40 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#42 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#42 Sleep in the City Study

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

#44 America’s Manliest Cities

#45 Most Energetic Cities

#46 Sleepless Cities 2011

#47 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#50 Hypertension Hot Spots

#57 2005 High Gas Prices

#96 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#107 2005 Best Places to Live

I just moved here from out-of-state a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised by the broad range of activities and amenities available in this medium sized IA  More

Am contemplating a move to WDM from the East Coast (NYC). Might there be anyone out there that may have experienced this and could offer guidance or comment. Thanks.   More

We just moved to West Des Moines and we love it here! We moved here three months ago and every weekend we have been able to do something different and fun. There is  More

Apart from the congestion, Walnut Creek is one of the best places in the San Francisco Bay Area to live. It is one of the most compact/walkable cities in the entire area  More

Almost all of Walnut Creek water comes from Pardee dam through an enclosed pipeline. That water is direct from the high Sierras. Among the best water quality in the  More

I grew up in Southern California and am no stranger to a more inland California climate. Before moving to WC I lived in San Francisco for 15 years where it is obviously  More