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Lake Forest, CA vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 24.6% less rainy days than Lake Forest.
- Elko has 17.2% less Sunny Days than Lake Forest.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 25.3% worse than Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CAElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny279  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low45  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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