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Alamosa, CO vs Alturas, CA

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- Alturas has 50.6% more rainy days than Alamosa.
- Alturas has 13.1% less Sunny Days than Alamosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Alturas scores 0.0% worse than Alamosa
 Alamosa, COAlturas, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1338
 Snowfall30  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock80106
 Sunny282  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8886
 Avg. Jan. Low-2  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock43702443
Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 14 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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