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Boise City, ID vs Mason City, IA

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- Mason City has 170.0% more rainy days than Boise City.
- Mason City has 8.7% less Sunny Days than Boise City.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Mason City scores 9.6% worse than Boise City
 Boise City, IDMason City, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3538
 Snowfall18  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock102106
 Sunny206  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.67
 UV Index4.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock11322443
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Mason City    8 Reviews

I am from the area originally and have lived several places. I recently moved back from Arizona. I moved back to help with my elderly parents. If I did not have  More

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Over 13 years ago

Where to begin?? Murder,arson,abductions,beastialty,gang killings,meth labs,pantie thiefs. High utility bills, no jobs, corrupt police, evil judges, minus 40 below wind  More

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Over 14 years ago

Unless you have a tie to Mason City, such as family, don't even consider this desolate town. The population is declining rapidly for a reason. You are on an island,  More

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