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Staten Island, NY vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston has 2.5% more rainy days than Staten Island.
- Charleston has 1.5% more Sunny Days than Staten Island.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Charleston scores 1.4% worse than Staten Island
 Staten Island, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall25  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock106106
 Sunny206  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low25  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index3.8  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock102443
Reviews for Staten Island    2 Reviews

Expensive housing. Lots of traffic at times, but still many times nicer than the rest of NYC. Staten Island has a few beautiful beaches, and overall most of the people  More

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Over 7 years ago

Low quality of life, expect a 60-90 minute commute if you live here as there are no jobs on the island. As for the people, they are very rude and miserable, have serious  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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