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Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States, within the Southern Illinois region informally known as "Little Egypt." The city developed from 1853 because of the stimulation of railroad construction into the area. Today the major roadways of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51 intersect in the city. The city is 96 miles (154 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest. Carbondale is the home of the main campus of Southern Illinois University.
As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 25,902, and it is the state's 20th-most-populated city outside the Chicago Metropolitan Area. In addition, the city is the most populous in Southern Illinois outside the St. Louis Metro-East region, and the most populous city in the Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, Illinois Combined Statistical Area. The CSA has 126,575 residents, the sixth-most-populous Combined statistical area in Illinois.

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It's very quiet

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This area is very quiet and peaceful everyone look out for eachother

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Carbondale is a small town meaning everyone is close knit throughout the city. Besides the campus I feel as if the campus is huge with different backgrounds and it's hard to combine the two, campus and the city. I feel as if residents of Carbondale May feel like students are taking over the area.

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It's some what age friendly because it's a college town also it's a retirement town

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