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Ottawa, IL vs Salem, OR

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- People living in Salem are 3.9% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Ottawa
 Ottawa, ILSalem, ORUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock43.2%49.4%
 Baptist1.1%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Catholic26.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock3.4%2.1%
 Lutheran5.8%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock3.4%1.9%
 Methodist4.9%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.9%1.7%
 Other Christian4.8%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.1%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 12 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 16 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 6 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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