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Alamosa, CO vs Salem, OR

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- Salem has 416.1% more rainy days than Alamosa.
- Salem has 45.4% less Sunny Days than Alamosa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Salem scores 5.7% better than Alamosa
 Alamosa, COSalem, ORUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall30  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock152106
 Sunny282  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8186
 Avg. Jan. Low-2  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1572443
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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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