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Columbia, MD vs Albany, CA

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- People living in Albany are 9.8% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Columbia
 Columbia, MDAlbany, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock34.5%49.4%
 Baptist2.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Catholic19.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.7%2.1%
 Lutheran1.9%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.3%1.9%
 Methodist4.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.8%1.7%
 Other Christian8.6%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.6%0.7%
 Eastern0.2%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock2.0%0.9%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 14 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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