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Portland, OR vs Rochester, MN

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- People living in Rochester are 35.7% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Portland
 Portland, ORRochester, MNUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock65.3%49.4%
 Baptist0.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Catholic7.9%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.4%2.1%
 Lutheran2.0%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.1%1.9%
 Methodist1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.4%1.7%
 Other Christian9.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.3%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.3%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 Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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