Peter has lived in this city since he was born.
Peter has been living in this city since he was born.
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There's no difference in meaning (except in unusual / contrived contexts), but [the simpler verb form is ***much*** more common](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=has+lived+there+since%2Chas+been+living+there+since&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Chas%20lived%20there%20since%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Chas%20been%20living%20there%20since%3B%2Cc0). – FumbleFingers Jun 06 '20 at 14:13
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@ FumbleFingers Reinstate Monica Can you explain why the simpler form is more common? – anouk Jun 06 '20 at 17:16