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Fairfax, VA vs Bakersfield, CA

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- People living in Bakersfield are 6.4% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Fairfax
 Fairfax, VABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock49.4%49.4%
 Baptist1.0%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Catholic20.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock2.6%2.1%
 Lutheran0.6%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock3.0%1.9%
 Methodist4.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.4%1.7%
 Other Christian11.8%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.1%0.7%
 Eastern0.7%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.5%0.9%
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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