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York, PA vs Champaign, IL

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#260 2005 Best Places to Live

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#44 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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

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I have lived in York County for 13 years and operate a business (3 Monkeys Inflatables) here and I think it's a pretty nice place to live however just like anywhere  More

I lived in York for a year im from Brooklyn and York was pretty bad its a pretty boring place not much to do and all the stores in the downtown are out of shape im glad  More

5 miles of drugs gangs and feins after dark it gets worst better off moving to Lancaster or  More

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

I wonderful city with great  More

Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More