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Santa Cruz, CA vs Plantation, FL

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- Plantation has 99.4% more rainy days than Santa Cruz.
- Plantation has 6.9% less Sunny Days than Santa Cruz.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Plantation scores 27.1% worse than Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CAPlantation, FLUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock6538
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock135106
 Sunny262  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low40  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.27
 UV Index5.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock72443
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 6 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 Plantation    16 Reviews

I lived there for 25 years and it used to be awesome but it has gone downhill a LOT the past 10 years and a lot of people are leaving for that reason or would if they  More

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Over 13 years ago

Job and real estate markets still sluggish and we are finding it difficult to get  More

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Over 14 years ago

Great place to live. Good place for shopping, golfing and schools. central location in respect  More

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