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Lancaster, CA vs Bethesda, MD

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- People living in Bethesda are 12.8% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Lancaster
 Lancaster, CABethesda, MDUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock40.6%49.4%
 Baptist2.0%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.4%0.6%
 Catholic37.0%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.3%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.7%1.9%
 Methodist1.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.6%1.7%
 Other Christian5.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock3.2%0.7%
 Eastern1.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock1.3%0.9%
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 8 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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