<p>Neither is a true city like Philly/Pittsburgh/Allentown/etc. However University Park/State College has all of the provisions you’d need in a normal city (walmart/target/a mall/plenty of grocery stores/best buy/etc) just in the middle of PA. The entire city of State College is built around the university and everything that goes on here essentially revolves around PSU. The two places aren’t very comparable, in my opinion.</p>