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Rochester, NY vs Elko, NV

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- People living in Elko are 6.0% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Rochester
 Rochester, NYElko, NVUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock40.5%49.4%
 Baptist2.5%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic26.1%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock16.7%2.1%
 Lutheran2.1%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.6%1.9%
 Methodist2.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.0%1.7%
 Other Christian6.3%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.4%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 17 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 18 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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