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Bloomington, IL vs Jonesborough, TN

#7 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#77 2005 Best Places to Live

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If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

Oldest city in TN. Has great historic sites to visit. Becomes very congested when there is a festival in progress (there are several each year). People are friendly.   More

great bang for your buck, low taxes, nice  More

Wonderful year round climate, just enough of every  More