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Rochester, MN vs Raleigh, NC

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- People living in Raleigh are 22.0% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Rochester
 Rochester, MNRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock43.4%49.4%
 Baptist0.6%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock1.0%0.6%
 Catholic23.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.7%2.1%
 Lutheran18.4%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.7%1.9%
 Methodist5.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock2.8%1.7%
 Other Christian10.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.9%0.7%
 Eastern0.3%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.8%0.9%
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 6 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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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 3 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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