| | East Lansing, MI | Winnetka, IL | United States |
| Overall | 83.6 | 105.7 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 95.6 | 110.2 | 100 |
| Health | 87.9 | 88.0 | 100 |
| Housing | 84.8 | 443.4 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $264,100 | $1,348,300 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,720.0% | 9,500.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 87.4 | 140.5 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 107.9 | 139.7 | 100 |
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Reviews for East Lansing 
4 Reviews
East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals More
East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land More
East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with
student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would
recommend East More
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Reviews for Winnetka 
2 Reviews
Having had children attend both public and private schools. I would say the private schools are better. While the public schools are fine, there isn't any way to measure More
This idyllic, leafy, close-in suburb north of Chicago comes straight out of a Frank Capra (or John Hughes - see Home Alone for a view of the housing stock and More
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