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Yakima, WA vs Worcester, MA

#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

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

#14 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#23 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#33 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#70 The Most Single Cities

#72 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#87 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#197 Best Green Cities

#286 2005 Best Places to Live

#292 2005 Best Places to Live

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

I don't understand why your statistics say there aren't any Hispanics/Latinos in Worcester. I'm Puerto Rican, and I grew up there. There are plenty of Latin people all  More

Great healthcare statewide, not just in  More

Though I don't live there, Worcester is a first class bargain for a great first class education! Worcester has at least 10 great colleges and universities in this city,  More