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Portage, IN vs Merrillville, IN

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Highlights
- Merrillville has 3.3% less rainy days than Portage.
- Merrillville has 5.6% more Sunny Days than Portage.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Merrillville scores 0.0% worse than Portage
 Portage, INMerrillville, INUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3838
 Snowfall39  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock121106
 Sunny178  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8386
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index3.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6562443
Reviews for Portage    2 Reviews

Just a normal, big town in the Midwest. Decent public schools, sure, pretty safe, indeed and not expensive (yet) to live. On the one hand many normal-sized (mostly old)  More

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Over 19 years ago

Boring but good  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Just thirty minuits from Chicago . Good schools. Low cost of  More

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Reasonable cost of living and fairly safe. Also close to Chitown so the cultural stuff is there. Shopping is run of the mill brand name franchises, nothing too  More

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