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Glen Allen, VA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 22.8% less rainy days than Glen Allen.
- Rochester has 13.0% less Sunny Days than Glen Allen.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 12.2% worse than Glen Allen
 Glen Allen, VARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall13  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny207  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index4.5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Glen Allen    6 Reviews

Regardless of what review you read, no matter how much money you will save, it really does not count when you know that Virginia (a Commonwealth) believes they can stomp  More

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Over 15 years ago

Glen Allen is a wonderful city to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

we have lived here for almost 24 years and found the area to be a great place to live in general and to raiser the family. there are many things to do withon 20 miles  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 5 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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