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Portage, IN vs Park Forest, IL

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- Park Forest has 1.3% less rainy days than Portage.
- Park Forest has 4.5% more Sunny Days than Portage.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Park Forest scores 1.4% better than Portage
 Portage, INPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3938
 Snowfall39  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock110106
 Sunny178  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8486
 Avg. Jan. Low17  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock77
 UV Index3.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock7122443
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 Park Forest    4 Reviews

I'm happy to share that it IS coming back. I'm very thankful we found this community. Our family (husband, wife, 1 young child) recently bought our a little house here  More

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Park Forest is beautiful, but it's going down. You can see tons of green, an excellent library, but also plenty of vacant buildings. In its hay day, it must have been  More

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Over 12 years ago

No disrespect to the remaining officials and friends from my upbringing; but, leave town. I read how Park forest continues to fight off urban decay. It's simply a  More

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