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Pleasant Grove, UT vs Champaign, IL

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close to good biking  More

Pleasant Grove has a small-town feel, but is very near to the large cities of Provo, Orem, and American Fork, with SLC just about 45 min away. It is a lovely, clean town  More

One of the reasons I moved to Pleasant Grove is minimal traffic. There are some tough spots, but mostly little traffic, no traffic jams and almost no  More

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

I wonderful city with great  More

Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More