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Fairfax, VA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence has 14.7% more rainy days than Fairfax.
- Providence has 1.0% more Sunny Days than Fairfax.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Providence scores 4.1% worse than Fairfax
 Fairfax, VAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4938
 Snowfall22  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock127106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8386
 Avg. Jan. Low24  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index4.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock102443
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 Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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