#9 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#13 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#14 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

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

#170 Best Green Cities

#265 2005 Best Places to Live

#3 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#6 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#7 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas

#9 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#18 2005 High Gas Prices

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

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

#49 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#72 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#76 The Most Single Cities

#87 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#99 2005 Best Places to Live

#250 Best Green Cities

Overall we've enjoyed our stay in Yakima after several years and plan on being here for several more, at least. The spring and summer here are just unreal compared to  More

I may be relocating to Yakima, WA for a professional position at a local university. I have never lived in this part of the country as I am from the East Coast. I have  More

Yakima is situated in the high desert, eastern elevations of the Cascade Mountain Range. Coming from the humid, eastern parts of the country, I was amazed at how  More