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Ridgewood, NJ vs Evanston, IL

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- Evanston has 23.5% less rainy days than Ridgewood.
- Evanston has 7.7% less Sunny Days than Ridgewood.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Evanston scores 1.4% worse than Ridgewood
 Ridgewood, NJEvanston, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3638
 Snowfall24  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock125106
 Sunny209  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8386
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6142443
Reviews for Ridgewood    6 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Great place to live and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Ridgewood, a suburb of NYC, is an ideal bedroom community. This well-established upscale community is located 30 minutes from Manhattan (by car), and is easily  More

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Over 18 years ago

One of the most beautiful places to live outside New York  More

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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