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Dover, DE vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester has 25.0% less rainy days than Dover.
- Rochester has 9.1% less Sunny Days than Dover.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 12.2% worse than Dover
 Dover, DERochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall15  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low26  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
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 8 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 Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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