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Decatur, IL vs Lafayette, CO

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

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

#104 2005 Best Places to Live

#301 Best Green Cities

#1 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas

#2 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#7 Best Green Cities

#17 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#58 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#74 2005 High Gas Prices

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#142 2005 Best Places to Live

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

The City of Lafayette is trying to be attractive and desirable, so that's something. Being on the outskirts of Boulder and metro Denver has the benefits of quick access  More

can't say enough good things about Lafayette - it is next to Louisville CO which has been voted the best place to live by Money Magazine.   More