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Grand Prairie, TX vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 13.1% less rainy days than Grand Prairie.
- Rochester has 23.1% less Sunny Days than Grand Prairie.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 8.5% worse than Grand Prairie
 Grand Prairie, TXRochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny234  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low35  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Grand Prairie    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

If you are a black man, DON'T BELIEVE THE Texas HYPE, GET A JOB FIRST, GET A JOB FIRST!!! have lots of money, start a business if you can. Why? because there are many  More

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Over 15 years ago

Nice senior  More

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Over 18 years ago

I'm from Pennsylvania and we are thinking about moving to Grand Prairie or Plano. The one thing that bothers me is the crime rate in grand prairie. If anyone could give  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 6 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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