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Fairfax, VA vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster has 82.1% less rainy days than Fairfax.
- Lancaster has 41.9% more Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lancaster scores 9.6% better than Fairfax
 Fairfax, VALancaster, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock838
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock32106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9886
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock87
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock23592443
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 Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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