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Topeka, KS vs Oskaloosa, IA

#31 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#115 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#197 2005 Best Places to Live

#325 Best Green Cities

Loretta Lynn says that in  More

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

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

Iowa's weather is extremely unpredictable, but that's just the way it is. I personally hate snow and cold, so I'm not a fan of Iowa winters, but spring and summer are  More

Website lists the population @ 14,956 w/ a decrease of -.56 since 2000. I show the 2000 population as 11,066.Something is  More