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Janesville Ranked
#27 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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#67 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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#131 2005 Best Places to Live
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#205 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Rockford


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Reviews for Janesville    12 Reviews

Beautiful City - on an Ice Age Trail. I moved here during the Covid thing so it is hard to tell how friendly people are. The government seems closed - encouraged by  More

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My Wife and I have lived here for the last 2 years. Janesville is the pit of Hell. Nothing to do here, especially during the winter time. Closest places are 45 min to  More

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Janesville has pros and cons to living here depending on what is important to you. Janesville has a cheap cost of living and liberal-below average schools. Since you can  More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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ZIPS IN JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
53546 53545 53548
ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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