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Pittsfield, MA vs Lancaster, PA

#4 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#14 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#14 Best Green Cities

#81 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#243 2005 Best Places to Live

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

#70 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#71 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#119 Best Green Cities

#186 2005 Best Places to Live

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

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

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

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

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

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