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Virginia City, NV vs Elko, NV

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 Virginia City, NVElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock10.738.1
 Snowfall114.2  Unlock27.8
 Precipitation Days56.273.9106.2
 Sunny251  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock90.485.8
 Avg. Jan. Low24.4  Unlock21.7
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index5  Unlock4.3
 Elevation ft.619750662443
Reviews for Virginia City    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I find the water quality score of 40 in Virginia City to be open for debate. It is basically snow melt, coming from Lake Marlette in the Tahoe area. Looks great. Tastes  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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