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Wichita, KS vs Carbondale, IL

#7 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#18 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#35 2005 Best Places to Live

#36 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#58 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#70 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#79 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#88 The Most Single Cities

#90 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#94 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#96 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#366 Best Green Cities

Grew up there in the 80s and moving back. It's very true about the feel-good blue skies and the friendliness of the communities. Wichita is perfect for those who want  More

I lived in Wichita for several years and it was a great place to live, low crime for such a large city. Very diverse, lots to do, plenty of jobs and beautiful  More

I grew up there. Here's the good, bad and ugly. First the bad- the worst thing about this place is the weather. It absolutely sucks all year. It's windy and freezing all  More

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More