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Portland, OR vs New York, NY

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- People living in New York are 8.3% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Portland
 Portland, ORNew York, NYUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock37.9%49.4%
 Baptist0.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Catholic7.9%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.4%2.1%
 Lutheran2.0%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.2%1.9%
 Methodist1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.2%1.7%
 Other Christian9.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock1.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock2.8%0.9%
Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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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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