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Chicago, IL vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- People living in Poughkeepsie are 6.1% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Chicago
 Chicago, ILPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock53.8%49.4%
 Baptist3.5%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Catholic38.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.3%2.1%
 Lutheran1.9%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.3%1.9%
 Methodist1.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.0%1.7%
 Other Christian5.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.8%0.7%
 Eastern0.6%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock2.4%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 Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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