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Altoona, PA vs Baton Rouge, LA

#11 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#22 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#70 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#112 2005 Best Places to Live

#158 Best Green Cities

#16 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#17 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#33 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#43 The Most Single Cities

#59 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#74 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#78 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#95 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#295 2005 Best Places to Live

#338 Best Green Cities

Sun rises and sets over 2000+ ft. mountains, which does seem to shorten your summer days. It gets hot and humid in the summer, with not a lot of wind or airflow,  More

Though the climate in Altoona is cold in the Winter, it does often get less snow than Western Pennsylvania because of the Allegheny Front mountain range just to the west  More

I grew up in Hollidaysburg near Altoona. The city has had its ups and downs throughout the years but all in all I think that central PA has the most beautiful scenery  More

terrible place to  More

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  More