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Mechanicsville, VA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- People living in Poughkeepsie are 4.4% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Mechanicsville
 Mechanicsville, VAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock53.8%49.4%
 Baptist18.8%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Catholic5.3%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.3%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.3%1.9%
 Methodist7.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.0%1.7%
 Other Christian8.5%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.8%0.7%
 Eastern0.5%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock2.4%0.9%
Reviews for Mechanicsville    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Hanover High was ranked the number 1 school in the region by Richmond Magazine. Wonderful principal, committed teachers, IB diploma. We have been extremely happy with  More

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Over 17 years ago

Virginia may seem to have a reasonable income tax rate (5.0%) but when you add up all the other taxes i.e. Personal property tax, business property tax, sales tax,  More

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Over 17 years ago

Mechanicsville is a nice place to live, the climate is great. Of course it's Virginia - so if someone doesn't like the weather they just have to hang around a few days  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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