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I live in Sacramento, and I find most people (except some of my in-laws ) are quite open to non-mainstream faiths and people of no faith.
Maybe cities with a big college/university influence might be more open minded.
Maybe in some cases, but Logan, Utah, where Utah State University is located, is a college town all the way, and even though it is not directly affiliated with the LDS church, it is smack dab LDS-cental. I would put it in the category of a highly-religious town, definitely not Open Minded.
What do you mean by that? How do you define a safe geographical location? Safe from natural disasters, safe from crime, safe in some other way?
I read that statement as safe from natural disasters, in which case Seattle is pretty safe, as is Portland, Las Vegas, and I don't know what others. However, what kind of citizens people are would have absolutely no bearing on this.
If you meant crime-wise, secular folks tend to congregate in higher population areas. So do criminals, since that is where there are people to commit crimes against. That doesn't mean the two groups overlap.
Europe is extremely secular, and much safer than most of non-secular America. But yes, I did mean safe from natural disasters. Seattle is built on the worst possible soil for earthquakes and the Seattle fault lies right beneath downtown. As if that wasn't enough, you have the Cascadia subduction zone, which is due for a giant earthquake, and you have Mt. Rainer rotting from the inside out. Tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions. Wimpy tornadoes don't hold a candle to the dangers of the PNW.
Maybe in some cases, but Logan, Utah, where Utah State University is located, is a college town all the way, and even though it is not directly affiliated with the LDS church, it is smack dab LDS-cental. I would put it in the category of a highly-religious town, definitely not Open Minded.
OOps, you're absolutely right. Let me modify my previous statement to "college/university towns with no religious affiliation."
Check out this link. Many of the cities mentioned, esp. Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York, have at least 50% relgious adherents. Minneapolis is a very strong Lutheran/Catholic city.
Check out this link. Many of the cities mentioned, esp. Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York, have at least 50% relgious adherents. Minneapolis is a very strong Lutheran/Catholic city.
Check out this link. Many of the cities mentioned, esp. Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York, have at least 50% relgious adherents. Minneapolis is a very strong Lutheran/Catholic city.
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) are quite open to non-mainstream faiths and people of no faith. 
