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Northampton, MA vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Council Bluffs has 31.8% less rainy days than Northampton.
- Council Bluffs has 11.6% more Sunny Days than Northampton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Council Bluffs scores 4.4% better than Northampton
 Northampton, MACouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3238
 Snowfall41  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock89106
 Sunny189  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low12  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index3.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock9882443
Reviews for Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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