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Mechanicsville, VA vs Dover, DE

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- Dover has 1.8% more rainy days than Mechanicsville.
- Dover has 2.9% less Sunny Days than Mechanicsville.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Dover scores 1.4% better than Mechanicsville
 Mechanicsville, VADover, DEUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4538
 Snowfall12  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock111106
 Sunny204  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low28  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.47
 UV Index4.4  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock302443
Reviews for Mechanicsville    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Hanover High was ranked the number 1 school in the region by Richmond Magazine. Wonderful principal, committed teachers, IB diploma. We have been extremely happy with  More

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Over 16 years ago

Virginia may seem to have a reasonable income tax rate (5.0%) but when you add up all the other taxes i.e. Personal property tax, business property tax, sales tax,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Mechanicsville is a nice place to live, the climate is great. Of course it's Virginia - so if someone doesn't like the weather they just have to hang around a few days  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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