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Fairfax, VA vs Richmond, CA

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- People living in Richmond are 3.6% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Fairfax
 Fairfax, VARichmond, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock39.4%49.4%
 Baptist1.0%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Catholic20.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock2.1%2.1%
 Lutheran0.6%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock2.1%1.9%
 Methodist4.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.3%1.7%
 Other Christian11.8%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern0.7%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock1.0%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 11 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 Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 6 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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