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Carbondale, IL vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico has 39.0% less rainy days than Carbondale.
- Chico has 15.3% more Sunny Days than Carbondale.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Chico scores 12.5% better than Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILChico, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall10  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny216  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1972443
Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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