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Vancouver, WA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester has 19.5% less rainy days than Vancouver.
- Rochester has 25.9% more Sunny Days than Vancouver.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Rochester scores 12.2% worse than Vancouver
 Vancouver, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock3438
 Snowfall3  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock109106
 Sunny143  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8286
 Avg. Jan. Low34  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.57
 UV Index2.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock10242443
Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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