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Rankings for Merced

Merced Ranked
#79 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Merced Ranked
#289 Best Green Cities
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Merced Ranked
#328 2005 Best Places to Live
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Rankings for Lancaster

Lancaster Ranked
#14 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Lancaster Ranked
#70 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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Lancaster Ranked
#71 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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Lancaster Ranked
#119 Best Green Cities
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Lancaster Ranked
#186 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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