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Palo Alto, CA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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- People living in Santa Cruz are 13.0% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock31.7%49.4%
 Baptist1.2%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic26.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.4%2.1%
 Lutheran0.6%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.2%1.9%
 Methodist1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.7%1.7%
 Other Christian5.9%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Eastern3.8%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.4%0.9%
Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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