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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 Pomona

Pomona Ranked
#2 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

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#2 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat
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#43 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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#47 Gloomiest Places in America
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#50 America's Top Hygge Cities
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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 Pomona    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

The cost of living here is incredibly outrageous! You'll pay $1400 - $1700 for a 850 sq ft apartment, easily. Not worth it! Find a better place to live, not  More

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