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Alamosa, CO vs Ottumwa, IA

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- Ottumwa has 344.8% more rainy days than Alamosa.
- Ottumwa has 29.1% less Sunny Days than Alamosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Ottumwa scores 0.0% worse than Alamosa
 Alamosa, COOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3938
 Snowfall30  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock107106
 Sunny282  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low-2  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6732443
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 Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 16 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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