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Pittsfield, MA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Poughkeepsie has 1.3% more rainy days than Pittsfield.
- Poughkeepsie has 12.2% less Sunny Days than Pittsfield.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Poughkeepsie scores 7.8% better than Pittsfield
 Pittsfield, MAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4738
 Snowfall71  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny188  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low11  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index3.3  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock2002443
Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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