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Athens, TX vs Gainesville, TX

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- Gainesville has 7.8% less rainy days than Athens.
- Gainesville has 1.3% more Sunny Days than Athens.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Gainesville scores 0.0% worse than Athens
 Athens, TXGainesville, TXUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4038
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock69106
 Sunny230  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low35  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock7512443
Reviews for Athens    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Athens is a beautiful east Texas town. It is clean and friendly, but no one gets in a hurry! The traffic light are terrible, you have to stop at every one. They have  More

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Athens is a charming and nice community. Its clean and well thought- out. It could use more industry...but, so could east Texas in general. A big plus, is that Athens  More

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Reviews for Gainesville    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I have lived here for the last 52 years, and my parents and grandparents were also born here in Gainesville, Cooke county. I am very disheartened by the increase in  More

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Unemplyment for peoples of African descent seem to be way higher than the city average. Culturally the town is very segregated emotional and culturaly with limited  More

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