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Lancaster, CA vs Bethesda, MD

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- Bethesda has 454.5% more rainy days than Lancaster.
- Bethesda has 29.9% less Sunny Days than Lancaster.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Bethesda scores 8.8% worse than Lancaster
 Lancaster, CABethesda, MDUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4338
 Snowfall1  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock114106
 Sunny281  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.37
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3182443
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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