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Oak Lawn, IL vs St. Louis, MO

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#7 Sleep in the City Study

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#8 Hypertension Hot Spots

#9 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#10 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#10 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#11 Most Congested Cities

#11 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#12 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#12 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#14 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

#14 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#16 Failure To Lunch

#16 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#17 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#17 Stressful Cities 2012

#19 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#19 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#19 Sleepless Cities 2011

#20 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#21 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#22 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#22 Gloomiest Places in America

#23 2005 High Gas Prices

#23 America's Top Hygge Cities

#24 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#26 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#26 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#28 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#30 America's Most Playful Cities

#32 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#33 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#34 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#34 Healthiest Cities

#36 America’s Least Manly Cities

#40 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#41 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#41 Sleep in the City Study

#41 Most Energetic Cities

#44 The Most Single Cities

#46 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#63 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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Have lived in Oak Lawn most of my life, and its right on the perimeter of Chicago. Actually living in Oak Lawn is basically like living in Chicago but with a smaller  More

I have lived here most of my life. Its a nice town central to shopping, dining, and the metra train. Its only about a 30 minute drive to down-town Chicago (not  More

I'm 65 and lived here my entire life. Growing up in St. Louis I've learned there is a like to like about it. Lots of first class Hospitals and Doctors, LOTS of great  More

This is an outsider's perspective on St. Louis. Sometimes a fresh perspective looking in from the outside is helpful. I don't live there as of this writing (Dec 22) but  More

I have travelled extensively and have lived in several other cities around the country. I chose to live in St. Louis city because it has many big city amenities with an  More