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Alamosa, CO vs Placerville, CA

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- Placerville has 347.1% more rainy days than Alamosa.
- Placerville has 13.5% less Sunny Days than Alamosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Placerville scores 14.3% better than Alamosa
 Alamosa, COPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3938
 Snowfall30  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock70106
 Sunny282  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9386
 Avg. Jan. Low-2  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock87
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock18672443
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 Placerville    6 Reviews

We've lived in PV for over 20 years, having moved from the LA area. We chose to move here while working with the intent on retiring here and commuted to Sacramento to  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have built our retirement home here completed in 2013. Still a few years away from moving in (kid's college & weddings) but we are really looking forward to it. We  More

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Over 17 years ago

Placerville is a Republican Island in a Blue State- all of the politics are dominated by San Francisco and L.A. limosine liberals, and how they vote controls state  More

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