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DeKalb, IL vs Longview, TX

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Highlights
- There are 243 physicians per 100,000 people in Longview.
- There are 85 physicians per 100,000 people in DeKalb.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 DeKalb, ILLongview, TXUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock36.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock84.886.9
 Physicians per Cap.85  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock99100
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Reviews for Dekalb    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

While I love the cheaper rents then in the closer suburbs (to Chicago), the lack of high paying jobs for anyone without high degrees (Masters or higher) is  More

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As a 37 year resident of DeKalb - an escapee of the Chicago suburbs, I am pleased to write a bit about my hometown. Originally a college town in a farming community,  More

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Reviews for Longview    9 Reviews

I was born and raised here. I don't recommend it. I love religious people but the religious culture here is so suffocating. I felt like I couldn't breath or be  More

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The schools are substandard. Bullying is part of the culture, not only in the schools, but in the work places. The good jobs are 'hidden' - you have to know someone to  More

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Over 15 years ago

Longview, Texas is a growing Northeast Texas town of about 80,000. Lots of families raise their children  More

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