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New York, NY vs Grand Rapids, MI

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- People living in Grand Rapids are 17.0% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in New York
 New York, NYGrand Rapids, MIUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock55.0%49.4%
 Baptist1.6%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Catholic26.0%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.6%2.1%
 Lutheran0.2%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.2%1.9%
 Methodist0.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock11.9%1.7%
 Other Christian2.9%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.2%0.7%
 Eastern0.3%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock1.4%0.9%
Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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