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Asheville, NC vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- Ottumwa has 11.4% less rainy days than Asheville.
- Ottumwa has 5.7% less Sunny Days than Asheville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Ottumwa scores 7.9% worse than Asheville
 Asheville, NCOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3938
 Snowfall10  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock107106
 Sunny212  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low25  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index4.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6732443
Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 13 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 17 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 18 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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