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Spartanburg Ranked
#377 Best Green Cities
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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 Spartanburg    26 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

The library system is the stellar but numbers shown here are just wrong or are outdated- the area has exploded and with growth and costs are way up and services way  More

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Over 7 years ago

Made the choice to move here 3 years ago. I am single and retired and the cost of living here is much better than a lot of places. Less traffic, unemployment rate is  More

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Over 9 years ago

We moved here, from another state, 6 years ago. We love it! Real Estate is so economical. The weather is nice, year round. Summers do get hot. Great hospitals. The  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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