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Perth Amboy, NJ vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- People living in Poughkeepsie are 3.3% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Perth Amboy
 Perth Amboy, NJPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock53.8%49.4%
 Baptist1.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Catholic42.0%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.3%2.1%
 Lutheran0.6%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.3%1.9%
 Methodist1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.0%1.7%
 Other Christian3.3%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.8%0.7%
 Eastern1.8%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock2.4%0.9%
Reviews for Perth Amboy    3 Reviews

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Its a place that  More

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Over 18 years ago

The housing cost is very high. Compare to what the average salary is. Most young people cant afford to live by themselves so they stay at home till they marry or have a  More

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Over 19 years ago

It's getting to expensive to live here in Perth Amboy and all of NJ for that matter!! All the New Yorkers coming here to escape their high cost of living is driving our  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 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 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 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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