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Harlingen ( HAR-lin-jin) is a city in Cameron County in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley of the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas, about 30 miles (48 km) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than 40 square miles (104 km2) and is the second-largest city in Cameron County, as well as the fourth-largest in the Rio Grande Valley. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 64,849, for a growth rate of 12.5% since the 2000 census. It is the city with the lowest cost of living in the United States.
Harlingen is a principal city of the Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville combined statistical area, included in the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan area.

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I have 17 yrs experience in geriatric care

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When people get older or have special needs they are not able to do what they did at one time. Driving and doing every day tasks.

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It's a friendly neighborhood, elementary school down the street, fire department as well, very close by Walmart and H.E.B, plus it has walking trail close by

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I feel that this is a great community to live, and it has mostly anything you need just minutes away from any location here in town.

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