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Hickory, NC vs Gainesville, TX

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Highlights
- Gainesville has 11.3% less rainy days than Hickory.
- Gainesville has 11.0% more Sunny Days than Hickory.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Gainesville scores 5.3% worse than Hickory
 Hickory, NCGainesville, TXUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4038
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock69106
 Sunny210  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low29  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index4.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock7512443
Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 4 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Gainesville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived here for the last 52 years, and my parents and grandparents were also born here in Gainesville, Cooke county. I am very disheartened by the increase in  More

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Unemplyment for peoples of African descent seem to be way higher than the city average. Culturally the town is very segregated emotional and culturaly with limited  More

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