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Johnstown, PA vs Harrisburg, 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

#1 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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

#14 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#19 America’s Least Manly Cities

#21 Best Green Cities

#26 America’s Manliest Cities

#32 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#40 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#43 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#44 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#46 2005 Best Places to Live

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

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

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

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

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

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