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Santa Cruz, CA vs Appleton, WI

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Highlights
- Appleton has 2.5% less rainy days than Santa Cruz.
- Appleton has 27.9% less Sunny Days than Santa Cruz.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Appleton scores 22.4% worse than Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CAAppleton, WIUnited States
 Rainfall333238
 Snowfall04128
 Precipitation69115106
 Sunny262189205
 Avg. July High778186
 Avg. Jan. Low40922
 Comfort Index (higher=better)8.56.67
 UV Index5.23.34.3
 Elevation367942443
Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 6 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 7 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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