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Johnstown, PA vs Altoona, PA

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

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

#187 2005 Best Places to Live

#208 Best Green Cities

#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

It is a historic city with a booming economy located in Johnstown, PA. In the past two years, crime and drug problems have decreased, and the city promotes arts,  More

It's a filthy drug thug pitbull  More

Johnstown is very sceneic. The people are very nice howeever, if you go too far out into suburbia you will find a great deal of ignorance and racism. The down side is  More

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