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Richmond, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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- People living in Bakersfield are 10.0% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Richmond
 Richmond, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock49.4%49.4%
 Baptist2.6%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Catholic22.5%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock2.6%2.1%
 Lutheran0.7%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock3.0%1.9%
 Methodist1.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.4%1.7%
 Other Christian3.6%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.1%0.7%
 Eastern1.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.5%0.9%
Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 6 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  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 5 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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