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Chester, VA vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston has 8.3% more rainy days than Chester.
- Charleston has 2.0% more Sunny Days than Chester.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Charleston scores 2.7% worse than Chester
 Chester, VACharleston, SCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall7  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny205  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low29  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index4.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock102443
Reviews for Chester    6 Reviews

I just recently discovered a little suburb of Richmond, called Chester. Yes, it is small and not much going on in that area - but if you want a peaceful area to live -  More

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I grew up in Chester and it really isn't a bad place to live if you like living in a very populated area. It has great schools, low crime, easy access to both Richmond  More

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Chester, because of its location midway between Richmond, VA and Petersburg, VA, was once just a train station. With residential growth in affluent Chesterfield County  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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