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Bend, OR vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City has 226.5% more rainy days than Bend.
- Iowa City has 22.8% more Sunny Days than Bend.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Iowa City scores 1.4% worse than Bend
 Bend, ORIowa City, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3738
 Snowfall21  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock98106
 Sunny162  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6662443
Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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