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Bakersfield, CA vs Kalamazoo, MI

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- People living in Kalamazoo are 10.7% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CAKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock38.7%49.4%
 Baptist3.8%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic30.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.7%2.1%
 Lutheran0.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.8%1.9%
 Methodist0.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock6.7%1.7%
 Other Christian7.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.2%0.7%
 Eastern0.5%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock1.0%0.9%
Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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