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Ottumwa, IA vs Lake Forest, CA

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- Lake Forest has 63.3% less rainy days than Ottumwa.
- Lake Forest has 39.5% more Sunny Days than Ottumwa.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Forest scores 30.0% better than Ottumwa
 Ottumwa, IALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall25  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock37106
 Sunny200  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low14  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.17
 UV Index3.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4892443
Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 17 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 18 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  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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