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Rankings for Waterloo

Waterloo Ranked
#78 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Waterloo Ranked
#96 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Waterloo Ranked
#108 Best Green Cities
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Waterloo Ranked
#113 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Champaign

Champaign Ranked
#10 Best Green Cities
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Champaign Ranked
#33 2005 Best Places to Live
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Champaign Ranked
#44 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Champaign Ranked
#58 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Champaign Ranked
#109 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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Reviews for Waterloo    5 Reviews

The bike racks recently installed on the MET buses was a great idea for a community that has numerous bike riders and  More

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Over 17 years ago

Unless you're into getting wasted on a regular basis there's not a lot to do here. Most people barhop for fun. Being someone who doesn't drink and doesn't enjoy being  More

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Over 17 years ago

So the weather is emotional here - on and off during the summer its hot and rainy, yet during the fall it is quite often beautiful. Winters can be long, and spring can  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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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

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