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Bloomington, IN vs Okoboji, IA

#29 2005 Best Places to Live

#42 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#94 Best Green Cities

#98 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#111 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  More

I have no idea about "hiding" criminal activities, but as someone that grew up in Okoboji, I do know that it does tend to get a little bit busier in the Summer-as ANY  More

Not to be rude to the residents of Okoboji, Ia, but the town hides a great majority of the crime. It is a summer fun town, why let it leak? Victoria  More