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Wausau, WI vs Chippewa Falls, WI

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

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

#106 Best Green Cities

#208 2005 Best Places to Live

#15 Best Green Cities

#15 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#16 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

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

#46 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

#135 2005 Best Places to Live

I visited Wausau during the summer and it was a very nice change from Phoenix. The people were friendly & helpful. It was a little humid than what I’m used to but  More

Beautiful area geographically but beneath that beauty are some of the most overly conservative, unfriendly, judgemental people anywhere. Very hard to make friends here  More

I LIVED IN WAUSAU WI OVER 23 YEARS AGO. I RELOCATED TO WYOMING IN 1990 FOR GOVERMENT POSITION. NOW RETIRED FROM FEDERAL SERVICE, I WILL BE MOVING BACK TO THE UPPER  More

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, a rural area, are stuck in Plato’s cave. It has an uneducated population who are isolationist and protectionist who will be left behind while  More

I have lived in Chippewa Falls all my life- almost 26 years. At first glance, a visitor would think that it is a quiet quaint town. However, the novelty wears off  More

Chippewa Falls - Irvine Park; Lake Wissota State Park; Casper  More