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Amherst, NY vs Rochester, MN

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- People living in Rochester are 8.1% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Amherst
 Amherst, NYRochester, MNUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock65.3%49.4%
 Baptist2.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Catholic38.8%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.4%2.1%
 Lutheran2.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.1%1.9%
 Methodist2.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.4%1.7%
 Other Christian3.3%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.3%0.7%
 Eastern0.6%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.3%0.9%
Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  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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