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Bemidji, MN vs Peoria, IL

#36 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#51 2005 Best Places to Live

#260 Best Green Cities

Cons. Winter is long, very cold. Not a lot to do (unless you are very into the outdoors) Health care is TERRIBLE. Decent job opportunities are very low. Not the safest  More

Bemidji, Minn., is home to Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, USA curling teams and more art and theater than you'd think possible in a city of 13,000-plus. Downtown  More

Winters here can be very cold and you can generally look for a good amount of snow for winter  More

In my opinion Peoria is a great city and for it’s size it has a lot of amenities a big city would have such as a ballpark, civic center, many educational options, great  More

Crime is rampant and you can't even visit parks anymore without fear of some gang drive-by.  More

I lived in Peoria for nearly three years for work and I miss it terribly. The Peoria metropolitan area is by far one of the most underrated in the country. I think what  More