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Rock Island, IL vs Pittsburg, KS

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- Pittsburg has 24.6% more rainy days than Rock Island.
- Pittsburg has 8.1% more Sunny Days than Rock Island.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Pittsburg scores 4.3% better than Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILPittsburg, KSUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4638
 Snowfall28  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock91106
 Sunny198  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8986
 Avg. Jan. Low15  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index3.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock9452443
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 20 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Pittsburg    7 Reviews

I lived in Pittsburg for several years and am glad I left. I liked the small town atmosphere but the economy was in terrible shape --> and still is very bad. The college  More

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Lack of industry equals lack of jobs. Period. Whether you are white collar or blue collar, jobs folded in Southeast Kansas along with the coal mines, and nothing has  More

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Over 18 years ago

small town, big  More

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