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Thornton, CO vs Belle Plaine, IA

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 Thornton, COBelle Plaine, IAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock37.138.1
 Snowfall46  Unlock27.8
 Precipitation Days77101.2106.2
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock83.885.8
 Avg. Jan. Low17.8  Unlock21.7
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.97
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation ft.53488302443
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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Reviews for Belle Plaine    1 Reviews

My husband and I were ready to retire. The problem was that we knew we could no longer afford property taxes in Waterloo, Iowa when we retired as we had very little  More

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