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A surprising number of U.S. cities have drinking water with unhealthy levels of chemicals and contaminants. If you live in Pensacola, Fla., you may want to invest in a water purifier.

The latest Travel + Leisure survey shows that there’s more to a great vacation spot than sunny weather.

Society is becoming more and more transient with people moving at a much faster pace and generally settling in the same areas of the country.

A national study ranks the New Jersey city of Camden as the nation's most dangerous city in 2008.

Residents of Swiss financial center Zurich know that their country has more to offer than world-class chocolate and precision watches. They can now brag that, on the whole, they earn more than anyone in the world. Zurich-dwellers rake in $22.60 per hour in average net pay, according to a wage survey released August 19. The runner-up city is less than 200 miles southwest: Geneva, where jobs pay $20.40 per hour.

The recession has reshaped the singles scene--for the better in many places.

Twenty spots where it's hardest to make ends meet.

Where you live has a huge impact on how your hair looks. TotalBeauty.com looked at humidity levels, pollution, rainfall, average wind speeds, sunshine, water hardness, demographics and more to find the cities with the best and worst conditions for hair.

Quality of life makes people in these cities love where they reside.