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Athens, TX vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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- People living in Myrtle Beach are 8.6% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Athens
 Athens, TXMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock42.6%49.4%
 Baptist25.2%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.8%0.6%
 Catholic10.9%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.7%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.5%1.9%
 Methodist4.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.9%1.7%
 Other Christian6.6%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.1%0.9%
Reviews for Athens    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Athens is a beautiful east Texas town. It is clean and friendly, but no one gets in a hurry! The traffic light are terrible, you have to stop at every one. They have  More

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Athens is a charming and nice community. Its clean and well thought- out. It could use more industry...but, so could east Texas in general. A big plus, is that Athens  More

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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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