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Somerville, MA vs Salem, OR

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- People living in Salem are 19.2% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Somerville
 Somerville, MASalem, ORUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock43.2%49.4%
 Baptist1.1%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Catholic50.1%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock3.4%2.1%
 Lutheran0.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock3.4%1.9%
 Methodist1.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.9%1.7%
 Other Christian1.7%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.1%0.7%
 Eastern1.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
Reviews for Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 17 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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