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Buffalo, NY vs Oak Park, IL

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#6 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#6 Most Energetic Cities

#7 Hypertension Hot Spots

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#8 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#12 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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#19 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

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

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#28 The Most Single Cities

#28 2005 High Gas Prices

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#47 Failure To Lunch

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#53 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#86 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

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

#181 Best Green Cities

#205 2005 Best Places to Live

#4 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

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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

Clean, fun, safe and unique. Great place to raise a family. Affordable housing, strong job market. Great schools and neighborhoods.  More

Buffalo was okay in 2016. Since then, crime is up, there are more methadone clinics than pediatricians, and so many of the small businesses that made this place charming  More

This city is just plain beautiful. Sure, it might not be New York or Albany. But it's Buffalo. Place is a God-send. You want to see the Falls and the Bills? Come here.  More

We've lived in Oak Park for 25 years, raising our two children here. Now, looking ahead a few years, the Cost of Living (127), is a major factor in searching for  More

I have grew up in the Oak Park area and have lived in other cities in the country. Oak Park is located outside of the city of Chicago. Though located reasonably  More

If you don't know any better you might think Oak Park is perfect. However, if you are like me and have other places as a comparison, you know better. I will say that  More