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Chicago, IL vs Iowa City, IA

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- People living in Iowa City are 23.4% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Chicago
 Chicago, ILIowa City, IAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock36.4%49.4%
 Baptist3.5%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Catholic38.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.5%2.1%
 Lutheran1.9%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.6%1.9%
 Methodist1.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.6%1.7%
 Other Christian5.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.4%0.7%
 Eastern0.6%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.2%0.9%
Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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