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East Lansing, MI vs Detroit, MI

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Highlights
- Detroit has 1.2% more rainy days than East Lansing.
- Detroit has 5.2% more Sunny Days than East Lansing.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Detroit scores 3.0% better than East Lansing

Climate
 East Lansing, MIDetroit, MIUnited States
 Rainfall333438
 Snowfall463328
 Precipitation132125106
 Sunny174183205
 Avg. July High828486
 Avg. Jan. Low171922
 Comfort Index (higher=better)6.76.97
 UV Index3.23.34.3
 Elevation8565972443

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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 16 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Detroit    116 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Have lived in the area for over a year (suburb of Grosse Pointe), but I work in downtown Detroit. I'm amazed at how cool this city is. So much to do and see, tat we  More

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Spent some time in the city but lived in multiple suburban areas in the metro area. I lived in Farmington Hills, Novi, Birmingham, and Rochester. Really, all were great.  More

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Cold, unfriendly, envious people within the city limits. The unfriendliness can turn into aggression and sometimes even bullying. Crabs in a barrel reside here and the  More

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ZIPS IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
48823 48825
ZIPS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
48228, 48219, 48235, 48224, 48227, 48221, 48205, 48234, 48209, 48210, 28 total

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