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East Lansing, MI vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia has 33.2% more rainy days than East Lansing.
- Columbia has 10.3% more Sunny Days than East Lansing.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Columbia scores 7.5% better than East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIColumbia, MOUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4438
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock110106
 Sunny174  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8886
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock7092443
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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