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Harrisburg Ranked
#1 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#7 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
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#14 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
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#19 America’s Least Manly Cities
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#21 Best Green Cities
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#26 America’s Manliest Cities
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#32 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
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#40 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
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#43 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#44 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#46 2005 Best Places to Live
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#68 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
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#99 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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Rankings for Lansing

Lansing Ranked
#28 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#33 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#33 Best Green Cities
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#162 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Harrisburg    23 Reviews

I wouldn't recommend Harrisburg. I currently live here, but I'm moving to Lancaster in a month. The problem with Harrisburg is that many long-term residents often refer  More

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Over 8 years ago

I moved to Harrisburg right after college and have been here for about 6 years now. This city is OK. Downtown has some nicer restaurants, but still has just as many  More

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Having lived here many years I've noticed that some people are very nice but most won't give you the time of day.Due to many years of "lifetime" politicians, the city is  More

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Reviews for Lansing    28 Reviews

I am in my fifth house in the greater Lansing area since relocating here in 1997 from the tri-city area (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw). Pros: people are friendlier here-  More

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I first moved to Lansing in the early 2000s for grad school @ MSU, went away and returned after several years. I must say, the area has improved VERY significantly  More

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This is a really nice place to live and people here are friendly there is a lot to do and a wide variety of different people and belief systems if you know where to look  More

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