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East Lansing, MI vs Springfield, MO

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Rankings for East Lansing

East Lansing Ranked
#28 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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East Lansing Ranked
#33 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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East Lansing Ranked
#33 Best Green Cities
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East Lansing Ranked
#162 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Springfield

Springfield Ranked
#73 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Springfield Ranked
#86 Best Green Cities
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Springfield Ranked
#119 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Springfield    74 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

For a town of 165,000 we have entertainment options far above similar sized communities. Pro Baseball, Bass Pro, Hammons Hall. Art Museums, Wonders of Wildlife  More

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We're somewhat new to this area... having recently moved from AZ. We find the residents are more polite and generally much nicer here. Residents actually have a  More

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Over 4 years ago

So much wrong in this town I don't know where to start. Apparently, all the a$$ holes of the state circle over Springfield. The do-nothing cops are worthless, as is the  More

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