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Dover, DE vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City has 59.7% less rainy days than Dover.
- Rapid City has 14.1% more Sunny Days than Dover.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rapid City scores 5.4% worse than Dover
 Dover, DERapid City, SDUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1838
 Snowfall15  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock85106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low26  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock32412443
Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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