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Rankings for Champaign

Champaign Ranked
#10 Best Green Cities
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#33 2005 Best Places to Live
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#44 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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#58 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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#109 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Rankings for Auburn

Auburn Ranked
#59 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Auburn Ranked
#102 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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#127 Best Green Cities
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#192 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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Reviews for Auburn    16 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Unless you’re a college student or under 30, dont move here cause there is nothing to do. I grew up here and the university used to bring in great concerts but these  More

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Went to Auburn University for 4 years and stayed living here for an additional year. First thing: if you aren’t in classes, dont care for college football, or don’t  More

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Over 15 years ago

Auburn is a very nice place to live and raise a family. Compared to New York where i'm from, living in Auburn is much cheaper. This is a college town so there isn't any  More

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