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Lake Forest, IL vs Charleston, SC

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- People living in Charleston are 22.4% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILCharleston, SCUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock32.0%49.4%
 Baptist1.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Catholic31.0%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.3%2.1%
 Lutheran3.2%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock4.4%1.9%
 Methodist1.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.8%1.7%
 Other Christian8.9%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.2%0.9%
Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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