| | Evanston, IL | Franklin, TN | United States |
| Overall | 105.7 | 139.4 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 100.9 | 106.6 | 100 |
| Health | 88.0 | 99.0 | 100 |
| Housing | 155.4 | 214.4 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $424,900 | $784,100 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,500.0% | 9,730.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 128.5 | 100.9 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 140.4 | 110.8 | 100 |
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Reviews for Evanston 
20 Reviews
be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors More
I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly.
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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE.
The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the More
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Reviews for Franklin 
27 Reviews
After visiting here for a week in the summer, I fell in love with the city! Lots of my friends in Florida already moved here from New Port Richey and Wesley Chapel. I More
I've lived in Tennessee all my life. I have lived in west,east and middle Tennessee. By far this is the best place I have lived. We have been in Franklin for 8 years. It More
I love that this is a greatly diverse community with a large African American and Hispanic community around West Main St./Nachez (I'm addicted to Pueblo Real Mexican More
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