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Dover, DE vs Portsmouth, VA

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- People living in Portsmouth are 7.2% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Dover
 Dover, DEPortsmouth, VAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock40.7%49.4%
 Baptist1.6%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Catholic10.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.1%2.1%
 Lutheran0.9%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.4%1.9%
 Methodist9.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.6%1.7%
 Other Christian6.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.2%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock3.3%0.9%
Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 8 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Portsmouth    4 Reviews

I have lived in Westhaven neighborhood in Portsmouth for 23 yrs. I have never smelled a paper mill in Portsmouth. I grew up in MA about a mile from one, so I know what  More

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Over 16 years ago

Housing not always  More

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Does anyone living near Portsmouth, VA smell a paper  More

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