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Chesapeake, VA vs Highlands, NC

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- Highlands has 70.7% more rainy days than Chesapeake.
- Highlands has 0.0% more Sunny Days than Chesapeake.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Highlands scores 4.1% worse than Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VAHighlands, NCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock8138
 Snowfall5  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock149106
 Sunny211  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7886
 Avg. Jan. Low31  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index4.5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock38322443
Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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