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Ridgecrest, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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- Lake Forest has 163.0% more rainy days than Ridgecrest.
- Lake Forest has 0.0% more Sunny Days than Ridgecrest.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Lake Forest scores 16.7% better than Ridgecrest
 Ridgecrest, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1438
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock37106
 Sunny279  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8586
 Avg. Jan. Low32  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock9.17
 UV Index5.6  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock4892443
Reviews for Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 13 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  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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