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Lancaster, OH vs Grand Rapids, MI

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#94 2005 Best Places to Live

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#2 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#15 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#18 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#19 Hypertension Hot Spots

#19 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#24 America’s Manliest Cities

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

#25 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#29 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#32 America’s Least Manly Cities

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

#37 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#37 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

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

#41 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#41 Best Block Party Places

#45 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#53 2005 High Gas Prices

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

#79 The Most Single Cities

#83 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#95 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#157 2005 Best Places to Live

#200 Best Green Cities

We've lived here for 3 years and I've lived in Ohio my entire life. It's probably the best smaller city in the state. A historic town - well maintained and just  More

God gave us two eyes. He did so people would look INTO His world, not AT tiny screens. Even before iPhones visitors were passing by Lancaster's beauty. They'd  More

I grew up here..Lived in Lancaster from when i was 5 till i was 19 and left that crap hole. Columbus is 45 minutes away not 20. trust me i drove it alot becuase there is  More

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More