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Allendale, MI vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 4.5% less rainy days than Allendale.
- Rochester has 11.1% more Sunny Days than Allendale.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 1.5% worse than Allendale
 Allendale, MIRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall79  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny162  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low20  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Allendale    2 Reviews

Lived in Allendale for 7 years, and if you love dogs, you'll love this place! No better place to live if you have a dog or love dogs! And my neighbor Beth makes a  More

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Over 5 years ago

TOO MANY DOGS. THERE ARE SO MANY DOGS . I LIKE DOGS BUT THERE ARE JUST SO MANY I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOGS BUT WOW -CAREN BETH IF YOU SEE THIS PLEASE DONT  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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