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Hanover, PA vs Lancaster, PA

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

#80 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#260 2005 Best Places to Live

#279 Best Green Cities

#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

pretty scenery, horse  More

If you want small town living, Hanover, PA is not the answer. In 1992, I would say that it was a small town with a lot of farm land surrounding the area. However, from  More

having lived here in HANOVER ive come to conclude 2 things 1.the people are more ignorant then people in the big city 2.that the town is full of morons and i dont  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