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Jackson, WY vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton has 22.5% less rainy days than Jackson.
- Thornton has 14.0% more Sunny Days than Jackson.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Thornton scores 28.1% better than Jackson
 Jackson, WYThornton, COUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1638
 Snowfall109  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock77106
 Sunny215  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low3  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index3.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock53482443
Reviews for Jackson    13 Reviews

I live in Jackson and I can tell you for sure it sucks. I'm currently a student in college so I don't bring in any income but my husband makes about 200,000 a year.....  More

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Over 4 years ago

What a rip-off!!! I had wanted to see Jackson, Wy for many years and found it to be very snooty. The motels were outrageously expensive. The entire city is  More

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Jackson, like so many other wealthy towns, is composed of the wealthy who made their money elsewhere and those who serve them. Those who serve are actually pretty nice  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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