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Rochester, MN vs Sunnyvale, CA

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- People living in Sunnyvale are 20.7% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Rochester
 Rochester, MNSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock44.6%49.4%
 Baptist0.6%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Catholic23.7%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.4%2.1%
 Lutheran18.4%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.2%1.9%
 Methodist5.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.8%1.7%
 Other Christian10.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.7%0.7%
 Eastern0.3%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock1.1%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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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 Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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