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Springfield Ranked
#57 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Springfield Ranked
#133 Best Green Cities
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#196 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Champaign

Champaign Ranked
#10 Best Green Cities
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Champaign Ranked
#33 2005 Best Places to Live
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#44 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Champaign Ranked
#58 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Champaign Ranked
#109 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Reviews for Springfield    25 Reviews

I've lived here for over 40 years. Springfield is a decent place to raise a family. Solid midwestern values, and I've always felt safe. Opportunities exist, but there  More

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I moved (back) to Springfield after living in various cities and towns around the country - as large as Milwaukee, as small as Baker, NV - and can say without  More

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Over 3 years ago

whole town smells like dirty ***** and  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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