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Buffalo Grove, IL vs Plainfield, IN

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#5 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#7 Sleep in the City Study

#7 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#7 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#7 Best Block Party Places

#8 America’s Least Manly Cities

#8 Most Energetic Cities

#8 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#9 Gloomiest Places in America

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

#10 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#10 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#13 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#13 Sleepless Cities 2011

#14 Best Baseball Cities

#14 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#16 America's Most Playful Cities

#16 Stressful Cities 2012

#16 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#17 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#19 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#19 The Most Single Cities

#20 America's Top Hygge Cities

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

#22 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#24 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#25 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#26 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#27 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#27 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#27 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#29 Healthiest Cities

#29 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#31 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#34 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#35 Failure To Lunch

#35 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#36 Hypertension Hot Spots

#36 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#45 2005 High Gas Prices

#46 America’s Manliest Cities

#46 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#49 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#55 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#57 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#77 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#82 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#90 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#155 2005 Best Places to Live

#192 Best Green Cities

#2 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#3 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#5 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#8 Sleepless Cities 2011

#8 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#9 America’s Manliest Cities

#9 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#9 2005 High Gas Prices

#10 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#11 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#11 Hypertension Hot Spots

#11 Best Block Party Places

#11 Gloomiest Places in America

#12 Most Congested Cities

#14 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#15 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#18 America's Top Hygge Cities

#18 Most Energetic Cities

#20 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#21 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#22 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#23 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#25 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#25 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#25 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#26 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#28 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#28 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#28 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#30 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#31 Failure To Lunch

#31 Stressful Cities 2012

#33 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#34 America’s Least Manly Cities

#39 America's Most Playful Cities

#41 Healthiest Cities

#45 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#48 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#49 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#50 The Most Single Cities

#55 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#56 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#60 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#79 2005 Best Places to Live

#274 Best Green Cities

Numerous forest preserve areas with walking paths and places to play sports (baseball, soccer, football). Close driving distance to Lake Michigan and several  More

nice town to raise a  More

No place is perfect however BG is at or near the top especially in schooling and crime prevention. Numerous parks and biking paths. A great place to raise a family safe  More

I've lived in Plainfield 3 years now and have lived in the Indianapolis metro area since 1998. Here are the major pluses I found with this town. - Pedestrian and  More

I moved my family (husband and kids) back to IN several years ago to be closer to family. After 6 (7? - I've lost track) years, we are ready to move on. We chose  More

I moved to Plainfield several years ago, and am really impressed by the focus on families, recreation, and values. The town has built a recreation complex that includes  More