I live in Cambridge, England.

It's a small city (about the same population as Surprise, AZ, apparently!) with a lot of history in the middle, and some housing round the outside.

There are a lot of students, due to the University of Cambridge, plus Anglia Ruskin University, plus hundreds of English language colleges trading off the city's name.

There are also a lot of bikes - the city is completely flat, so loads of people cycle. That video you may have seen in the news last week of an over-confident and under-equipped cyclist almost being hit by a train? Cambridge. Cyclists rule the roads here, and there's cycle lanes on most main roads, and even special traffic lights that give cyclists a head start on motor traffic.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr03/2/5...

Because of the University, there are a lot of interesting organisations based here, such as ARM (the processor people), WorldPay, the International Whaling Commission, and Microsoft Research has a big branch here. We also have a US national war cemetery:

It's generally a very safe and quiet city (for England) but also extremely expensive to live in, because housing is limited and because it's within commuting distance of London (50 minutes on the train).