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Charleston, SC vs Santa Cruz, CA

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- People living in Santa Cruz are 0.3% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Charleston
 Charleston, SCSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock31.7%49.4%
 Baptist9.0%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic4.3%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.4%2.1%
 Lutheran0.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.2%1.9%
 Methodist6.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.7%1.7%
 Other Christian4.6%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern0.6%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.4%0.9%
Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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