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Alamosa, CO vs Fountain, CO

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Highlights
- Fountain has 96.6% more rainy days than Alamosa.
- Fountain has 12.1% less Sunny Days than Alamosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Fountain scores 5.7% better than Alamosa
 Alamosa, COFountain, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1738
 Snowfall30  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock80106
 Sunny282  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8686
 Avg. Jan. Low-2  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock55452443
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 Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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