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Clarks Summit, PA vs Lancaster, PA

#6 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#16 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#26 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#68 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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

#164 Best Green Cities

#271 2005 Best Places to Live

#14 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#70 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#71 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#119 Best Green Cities

#186 2005 Best Places to Live

Its where my family  More

We found this area through "Best Places". When we visited the area we fell in love with it and bought a home. Only about 2 hrs from either NYC or Philly. But, with one  More

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More