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Fairfax, VA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia has 4.7% more rainy days than Fairfax.
- Columbia has 7.1% more Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Columbia scores 0.0% worse than Fairfax
 Fairfax, VAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock114106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8886
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4042443
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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