Before You Move, Compare Places to Live

Everyone's looking for the best place to live, with each of us having particular criteria about what makes a city just perfect, whether it's lots of green space, low crime rate or an abundance of leisure activities. Knowing what we're looking for is a great start, finding it is the next step.

To make the search a little easier, we've put together the Top 5 City Comparison Tools, which includes important factors such as salary comparisons, cost of living, school rates and overall comparisons that help you match your interests and needs with city features.

Make sure you participate in our survey on the most livable cities and towns according to readers. Just go to Reader's Respond to see what others have to say and add your response. At the end, we'll compile the list into the top 10 places that you - our readers - think are the best places to live.

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