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Ottawa, IL vs Austin, TX

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Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

Good place to visit.  More

Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More