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Rankings for Lansing

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

Pittsfield Ranked
#4 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)
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Pittsfield Ranked
#14 Best Green Cities
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#14 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#81 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)
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#243 2005 Best Places to Live
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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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Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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