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Rankings for Dubuque

Dubuque Ranked
#17 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Dubuque Ranked
#112 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Dubuque Ranked
#162 Best Green Cities
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Dubuque Ranked
#311 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Kankakee

Kankakee Ranked
#14 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Kankakee Ranked
#77 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Kankakee Ranked
#229 Best Green Cities
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Kankakee Ranked
#327 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Dubuque    15 Reviews

I have been here for 3 years. I enjoy it here. I travel all over the country for work. Dubuque is the perfect size of city for me. I was born and raised in the Pacific  More

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Over 6 years ago

I've lived in Dubuque for over 25 years. Dubuque is not a very good place to live if you are open minded and want to experience new things. Dubuque is an old town with  More

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Over 8 years ago

Dubuque, IA is a great town to live   More

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Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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