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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Bakersfield, CA

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- People living in Bakersfield are 4.3% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Poughkeepsie
 Poughkeepsie, NYBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock49.4%49.4%
 Baptist0.9%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Catholic37.8%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock2.6%2.1%
 Lutheran1.1%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock3.0%1.9%
 Methodist2.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.4%1.7%
 Other Christian2.7%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.1%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.5%0.9%
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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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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