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Portage, MI vs Oak Lawn, IL

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- Oak Lawn has 5% less violent crime than Portage.
- Oak Lawn has 42% less property crime than Portage.
 Portage, MIOak Lawn, ILUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock10.422.7
 Property Crime43.7  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 21 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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Reviews for Oak Lawn    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

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

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Over 18 years ago

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

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 Richland, MI12.65
 Augusta, MI13.85
 South Gull Lake, MI15.55
 Schoolcraft, MI16.7
 Hartford, MI17.25
 Climax, MI18.3
 Mattawan, MI19.25
 Vicksburg, MI19.65
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