Also check out Galesburg, Illinois. College town (knox.edu) and you can walk to most things on Main St. It is however a lot of Corn fields other than the colleg

Also check out Galesburg, Illinois. College town (knox.edu) and you can walk to most things on Main St. It is however a lot of Corn fields other than the college area but the last I was there was in 2002 so things may have changed a bit. Winters were brutal but lot of friendly people and back then as an immigrant, I always felt welcomed.