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Houston, TX vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Poughkeepsie has 11.3% less rainy days than Houston.
- Poughkeepsie has 19.1% less Sunny Days than Houston.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Poughkeepsie scores 4.5% better than Houston
 Houston, TXPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4738
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny204  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low43  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index6.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2002443
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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