Amersham logs 20 frost days a year to Birmingham's 25 — Amersham wins by 5. Amersham also leads on sunny days by 10.

Birmingham averages $2,247/mo for balanced living; Amersham has no cost baseline yet.

On mobility, Amersham scores 3.6 vs Birmingham's 3.1 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on public transit. Birmingham still holds an edge on walkability.

Birmingham's culture score of 3.7 sits well above Amersham's 0.0.

Birmingham scores 3.7 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Amersham has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Birmingham scores 2.5 on safety (0–5 scale); Amersham has no safety baseline.

Birmingham scores 3.4 on career (0–5 scale); Amersham has no career baseline.

Birmingham scores 3.6 on social & community (0–5 scale); Amersham has no social & community baseline.

Birmingham scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Amersham has no food & dining baseline.

Birmingham scores 3.0 on family (0–5 scale); Amersham has no family baseline.

Birmingham scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Amersham has no healthcare baseline.

Amersham averages 7.3 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Birmingham's 8.1 µg/m³ (good) — Amersham breathes ~10% cleaner air (0.8 µg/m³ lower).

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