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Lake Orion, MI vs Lake Forest, CA

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- Lake Forest has 56.0% less rainy days than Lake Orion.
- Lake Forest has 55.0% more Sunny Days than Lake Orion.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Forest scores 35.8% better than Lake Orion
 Lake Orion, MILake Forest, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall37  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock37106
 Sunny180  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low16  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.17
 UV Index3.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4892443
Reviews for Lake Orion    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Lake Orion, like many Michigan cities has a lot of beauty to it, obviously including the lakes, which there are several big and many small. I grew up here and if I  More

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We moved here from Ky 2 years ago. I absolutely love it, and outside of a job transfer, will never leave. The schools are exceptional, some of the highest test scores in  More

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Over 18 years ago

We moved to Lake Orion three years ago from California and have been really pleased with this area. The people are very friendly and have embraced us well. Lake Orion is  More

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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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