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Long Beach, CA vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale has 235.3% more rainy days than Long Beach.
- Carbondale has 24.7% less Sunny Days than Long Beach.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Carbondale scores 22.6% worse than Long Beach
 Long Beach, CACarbondale, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4638
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock102106
 Sunny287  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8986
 Avg. Jan. Low46  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4132443
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 6 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 8 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 18 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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