Favorite Medium-Sized Midwestern cities (home, college, to live)

[ajf131]

Just figured I would put this one out since it seems that the Twin Cities, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and St. Louis always hog the spotlight. Here are the options, but if you want to expand the list to include places in Kansas, Nebaraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota be my guest.

1. Duluth, MN
2. International Falls, MN
3. Grand Rapids, MI
4. Lansing, MI
5. Des Moines, IA
6. Quad Cities, IA
7. Cedar Rapids, IA
8. Cedar Falls, IA
9. Sioux City, IA
10. St. Joseph, MO
11. Rolla, MO
12. Springfield, MO
13. Joplin, MO
14. Cape Girardeau, MO
15. Columbia, MO
16. Jefferson City, MO
17. Springfield, IL
18. Bloomington/Normal, IL
19. Peoria, IL
20. Carbondale, IL
21. Terre Haute, IN
22. Gary, IN
23. Toledo, OH
24. Dayton, OH
25. Flint, MI
26. Sault Ste. Marie, MI
27. Champaign/Urbana, IL
28. Youngstown, OH
29. Green Bay, WI
30. Madison, WI
31. Wisconsin Dells, WI
32. Evansville, IN

[metro223]

Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln are my top 3. Cedar Falls is great I used to live there.

[CortlandGirl79]

I like Akron, they have a really nice AA Minor League Baseball park. Canal Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia wish this showed a pic of the outside

I also always love to go visit Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens About former home of the Seiberling family..........the family who owned Goodyear. If you're ever in the area the home and beautiful gardens are worth the trip.

Oh yeah, and don't forget the Home Page - Pro Football Hall of Fame down the road in Canton.

[SharpHawkeye]

Harumph. You put tiny little Rolla on the list, but left out Iowa City?

I kinda have a thing for college towns, and I like Iowa City, Lincoln, Madison, Columbia and Lansing in particular.

Des Moines is also very nice, as is Dubuque.

[HighlandsGal]

Grand Rapids!

[Steve-o]

Naperville, IL!!!!!

[Brent85]

Grand rapids, MI

[metro223]

afj it's actually kind of nice to see a midwesterner not drooling all over Madison.

[STLCardsBlues1989]

I really like Springfield, MO. It's nice.

[leighland]

Oklahoma City! I'd move there tomorrow if my hubby could get a job there..
Manhattan KS-the Little Apple -Home of the Wildcats
Lawrence KS-RockChalk Jayhawk
Wichita KS-nice family town
Lincoln NE - but I hate Big Red..