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Bakersfield, CA vs Urbana, IL

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- People living in Urbana are 14.6% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CAUrbana, ILUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock34.9%49.4%
 Baptist3.8%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Catholic30.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.9%2.1%
 Lutheran0.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock4.7%1.9%
 Methodist0.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.5%1.7%
 Other Christian7.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.4%0.7%
 Eastern0.5%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock1.7%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 5 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 Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 17 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 18 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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