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Columbia, SC vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- People living in Poughkeepsie are 3.5% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Columbia
 Columbia, SCPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock53.8%49.4%
 Baptist16.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Catholic2.4%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.3%2.1%
 Lutheran6.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.3%1.9%
 Methodist10.6%  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 Columbia    50 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I love living in Columbia! I recently graduated from USC and plan to stay. I read the reviews posted here and it shows that like many cities, your experience will depend  More

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Loved living in Columbia, SC prior to my job transfer. It's the perfect size - plenty to do, but still a laid back place. People are extremely friendly, there are  More

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Columbia is such a unique and underrated place. It has a lot of character and history, and good nature trails. Everything feels accessible (by car) and you can get from  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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