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Open with an amazing fact or startling statement that arouses reader interest. Adelphi University students spend an average of seven hours per day surfing the Internet.
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Virginia Beach is the 6th safest big city in the country, according to personal finance website Wallethub.
In December of 2019 the site released its review of America’s largest 150 cities (plus 32 others) using 41 different indicators sorted into 3 categories: home and community safety, natural disaster risk, and financial safety. Virginia Beach ranked 11th in the area of home and community safety.
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2019's Safest Cities
- Columbia, MD
- Yonkers, NY
- Plano, TX
- Gilbert, AZ
- South Burlington, VT
- Virginia Beach
- Bismarck, ND
- Nashua, NH
- Chandler, AZ
- Warwick, RI
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