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Rankings for Topeka

Topeka Ranked
#31 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Topeka Ranked
#115 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Topeka Ranked
#197 2005 Best Places to Live
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Topeka Ranked
#325 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Kankakee

Kankakee Ranked
#14 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Kankakee Ranked
#77 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Kankakee Ranked
#229 Best Green Cities
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Kankakee Ranked
#327 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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