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Providence, RI vs Chico, CA

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- Chico has 43.6% less rainy days than Providence.
- Chico has 24.5% more Sunny Days than Providence.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Chico scores 15.7% better than Providence
 Providence, RIChico, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock2838
 Snowfall36  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock65106
 Sunny200  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9486
 Avg. Jan. Low19  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock8.17
 UV Index3.5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock1972443
Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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