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View Poll Results: Least religious region
North East 22 27.85%
Mid-Atlantic 1 1.27%
Upper Midwest 0 0%
Inner Mountain West 4 5.06%
Desert South West 2 2.53%
Pacific North West 36 45.57%
California 12 15.19%
Other 2 2.53%
Voters: 79. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-08-2018, 09:56 AM
 
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I've heard a lot of people talk about least religious states and cities, but not about regions as the hole. Not purely talking about number of people who claim to be religious, but also about how influential religion is in culture and daily life. Also how many people rank religion as "very important" to their daily life. Curious by the results.
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Old 10-08-2018, 10:05 AM
 
Location: TN/NC
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Probably the urban West Coast. I doubt you have as much "residual" religion there as you do in the northeast from when the country was more religious overall.
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Old 10-08-2018, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Alabama
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New England
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Old 10-08-2018, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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It's both the Pacific coast and New England.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/232223/...s-regions.aspx
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Old 10-08-2018, 10:11 AM
 
Location: Middle America
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This topic has come up before, maybe many times. It'd be great to search for what has already been discussed.

From personal observation, I've noticed Oregon and Colorado being heavily secular, and even anti-religious / anti-spiritual. It's one thing to personally not want religion/spirituality. It's another to stigmatize and antagonize others who make that choice. So much for open-mindedness...
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Old 10-08-2018, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Taos NM
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Fun fact about California, the Holiness / Pentecostal movement started in LA, on Azuza street right near downtown around 1900. The epicenter of the movement moved to Kansas / Oklahoma (where it still resides), but the Pentecostal movement is still very much alive in CA, with most of the cities having having a sizeable presence.

As far as the Pentecostalism is concerned, the quiet zones are the Midwest, PNW, northeast, and Atlantic coast.
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Old 10-08-2018, 08:57 PM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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I voted for the Inter-Mountain West. The Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific Northwest and California all worship government with unbridled zeal. The Inter-Mountain West is neither too churchy nor too statist.
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Old 10-08-2018, 09:10 PM
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Location: Ontario
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Intermountain West.

It has Nevada....though it also has Utah to balance things out
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Old 10-08-2018, 09:15 PM
 
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Fun fact about California, the Holiness / Pentecostal movement started in LA, on Azuza street right near downtown around 1900. The epicenter of the movement moved to Kansas / Oklahoma (where it still resides), but the Pentecostal movement is still very much alive in CA, with most of the cities having having a sizeable presence.

As far as the Pentecostalism is concerned, the quiet zones are the Midwest, PNW, northeast, and Atlantic coast.
That's not true when it comes to the Midwest especially, but also the Northeast (outside of New England), and Atlantic Coast. Some of the nation's largest Pentecostal groups (AOG, PAW, UPCI) are headquartered in the Midwest and have a substantial presence throughout much of the region.
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Old 10-08-2018, 09:20 PM
 
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Northeast, Northwest, and California. I’d guess the Northeast is probably the least based on my experience.. Even the Irish Catholics in Boston don’t seem to give a sh*t anymore.
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