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Alamosa, CO vs Portales, NM

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- Portales has 103.4% more rainy days than Alamosa.
- Portales has 3.2% less Sunny Days than Alamosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Portales scores 14.3% better than Alamosa
 Alamosa, COPortales, NMUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1838
 Snowfall30  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock57106
 Sunny282  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9286
 Avg. Jan. Low-2  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock87
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock40062443
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 Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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