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Merced, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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- People living in Lake Forest are 9.1% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Merced
 Merced, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock46.5%49.4%
 Baptist2.2%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Catholic40.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock2.3%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.7%1.9%
 Methodist1.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.4%1.7%
 Other Christian6.5%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.8%0.9%
Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 6 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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