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Poughkeepsie, NY is an up-and-coming city that has been steadily increasing in popularity over the past several years. According to bestplaces, Poughkeepsie has earned high rankings in many different categories such as cost of living, housing affordability, diversity index, and job market. The city’s cost of living index is well below the national average, making it a desirable place for newcomers to settle down. Additionally, the housing affordability score is higher than both the national and state averages – further making it an ideal place for those seeking a new home. With its diversity index score being significantly higher than the national average, Poughkeepsie is also attractive to those looking for a place with more cultural and racial diversity. Finally, its strong job market has attracted many people looking to find employment opportunities in an increasingly competitive economy. These rankings make Poughkeepsie an attractive destination for those seeking a better life for their families or business ventures.

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#2 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#2 Sleepless Cities 2011
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#2 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List
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#2 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking
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#3 The Most Single Cities
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#3 Best Airports to Make a Connection
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#4 Best States for LGBTQ Rights
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#5 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children
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#5 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#5 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate
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#5 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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#6 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas
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#7 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
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#7 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#8 Most Affordable Colleges
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#8 Best Cities for Seniors 2005
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#8 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040
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#9 Most Irritation Prone Cities
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#10 Failure To Lunch
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#10 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011
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#11 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
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#11 Cities on the Edge of Greatness
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#12 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement
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#13 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)
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#13 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011
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#14 Healthiest Cities
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#14 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#14 America’s Least Manly Cities
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#15 Gloomiest Places in America
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#15 Fiscally Fit Cities Report
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#16 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers
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#16 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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#19 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#20 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#24 America's Riskiest Online Cities
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#25 Best Block Party Places
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#25 Stressful Cities 2012
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#28 America's Most Playful Cities
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#29 Most Energetic Cities
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#29 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#29 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft
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#34 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
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#34 America's Top Hygge Cities
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#35 Best Baseball Cities
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#35 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
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#35 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
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#40 2005 Best Places to Live
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#42 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
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#42 Hypertension Hot Spots
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#43 2005 High Gas Prices
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#45 Sleep in the City Study
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#49 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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#50 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
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#50 America’s Manliest Cities
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#75 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#106 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#234 Best Green Cities
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Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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