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Santa Monica, CA vs Petaluma, CA

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- People living in Petaluma are 17.6% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Santa Monica
 Santa Monica, CAPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock35.9%49.4%
 Baptist2.0%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Catholic37.0%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.9%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.7%1.9%
 Methodist1.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.9%1.7%
 Other Christian5.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.4%0.7%
 Eastern1.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.5%0.9%
Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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