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Portales, NM vs Elko, NV

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- People living in Elko are 15.0% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Portales
 Portales, NMElko, NVUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock40.5%49.4%
 Baptist20.4%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic17.3%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock16.7%2.1%
 Lutheran0.2%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.6%1.9%
 Methodist4.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.0%1.7%
 Other Christian8.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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