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Rankings for Lancaster

Lancaster Ranked
#2 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

Lancaster Ranked
#2 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat
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Lancaster Ranked
#43 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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Lancaster Ranked
#47 Gloomiest Places in America
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Lancaster Ranked
#50 America's Top Hygge Cities
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Rankings for Lake Charles

Lake Charles Ranked
#16 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
Between international terrorism and a struggling economy, today’s Americans are faced with more stress than ever. In this new st... Read More

Lake Charles Ranked
#109 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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#248 2005 Best Places to Live
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#379 Best Green Cities
Country Home magazine, in conjunction with Sperlings BestPlaces, reveals that Burlington, Vermont is the 2007 Best Green Pla... Read More

Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 4 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 6 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 3 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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