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Winter Haven, FL vs Ottawa, IL

#25 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#81 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#84 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#98 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#126 2005 Best Places to Live

#337 Best Green Cities

I moved here 4 years ago from Sarasota FL., because it seemed quiet, calmer, less expensive, and a reasonable distance back to SRQ, Tampa, and Orlando. What a mistake!  More

Definitely NOT a fan. My son moved me here without checking the rental home or neighborhood. WOW, we're we in for a surprise. It's total ghetto. I would NEVER  More

I lived in Bartow, right down the road from WH for many years. This is not a metropolitan area. It is middle class, bedroom community. It will take you less than an hour  More

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More