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Lynchburg, VA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- People living in Poughkeepsie are 8.0% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Lynchburg
 Lynchburg, VAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock53.8%49.4%
 Baptist19.3%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Catholic2.6%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.3%2.1%
 Lutheran0.9%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.3%1.9%
 Methodist3.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.0%1.7%
 Other Christian9.4%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.8%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock2.4%0.9%
Reviews for Lynchburg    30 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lynchburg, VA, absolutely SUCKS. I'm a native Lynchburger. I moved away when I was 5 & came back when I was 13. These people can't drive to save their lives. They don't  More

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Over 6 years ago

There is much that I like about Lynchburg. The scenery is pretty, lots of historic architecture, well mannered Southerners. But, it is dominated by Jerry Falwell's  More

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I have lived in Lynchburg for twenty years and I am very happy  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 13 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 14 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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