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Dover, DE vs Ridgecrest, CA

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Highlights
- Ridgecrest has 88.1% less rainy days than Dover.
- Ridgecrest has 40.9% more Sunny Days than Dover.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Ridgecrest scores 5.4% better than Dover
 Dover, DERidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock538
 Snowfall15  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock20106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock10386
 Avg. Jan. Low26  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.87
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock22902443
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 Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 13 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More

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