This is the atheist capital of America

[cinyc]

This is the atheist capital of America
Marketwatch/Quentin Fottrell

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I'm not surprised about Portland.  Phoenix is a bit surprising, as is the fact that the New York City metro area is more religious than the national average, and almost on par with Houston, Dallas and Atlanta.  It's probably due in part to cultural Catholics who don't regularly attend church but say they are Catholic.

[Asian Nazi]

Portland and Seattle have the "advantage" of being very white and very liberal.  Out here, even our religious folks tend to be pretty private about their religion.  Though of course we still have fundie pockets like everywhere else in this country.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

So Pittsburg is the most religious major city outside of the south?

[Rockefeller GOP]

Unaffiliated/non-religious DOES NOT mean atheism.  The vast majority of "Nones" are not atheists (a group that barely constitutes 3% of the country).

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Luckily despite this there is still no shortage of people in Portland who truly follow Christ. Check out the title of this article: http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2009/12/11/religion-liberal-christians-0110

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[DC Al Fine]

This is the atheist capital of America
Marketwatch/Quentin Fottrell

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I'm not surprised about Portland.  Phoenix is a bit surprising, as is the fact that the New York City metro area is more religious than the national average, and almost on par with Houston, Dallas and Atlanta.  It's probably due in part to cultural Catholics who don't regularly attend church but say they are Catholic.

Plus cultural Jews, plus blacks tend to be nominally affiliated.

[King of Kensington]

There are very few "cultural Protestants."

I'm sure there are a good number of Jewish senators and congresspeople who are actually not all religious and still report Jewish as their religion (i.e. Bernie Sanders, or the late Paul Wellstone).