Newport vs. Toledo - Oregon (lawyers, house, schools)

[annakem]

Can anyone tell me all of the reasons they would rather live in Toledo, Oregon versus living in Newport, Oregon or vice versa? I already know this much: Toledo has less expensive housing, more stable community (less tourism), is sunnier and is less windy. Anything else? If you live in Toledo do you end up in your car all the time heading to Newport for most of the amenities? Thanks!!

[Larry Caldwell]

People live in Toledo because they work at the mill.

[tablemtn]

If you live in Toledo do you end up in your car all the time heading to Newport for most of the amenities?

I guess it depends on what you mean by 'amenities.' Toledo has one supermarket, a smaller 'Food Mart' as well as a 'general goods' + liquor store, a couple hardware stores, a smattering of bars and restaurants on Main Street, an auto parts store, a Dairy Queen, a swimming pool and library, some art galleries and antique stores, a couple lawyers and banks and realtors and so on, and that's about it. There is nothing like a Wal-Mart or other full-sized retail center in Toledo. There is no hospital. There is an airstrip, if you have your own plane.

The highschool has undergone severe contraction in the past few years, so if you have kids, keep that in mind. If you have kids and send them to Newport instead through a variance, that won't go over so great with the locals. You'd be seen as a standoffish snob.

But it depends on what you like. You do get more land and house for your money.

[toledo rocks]

The reason people live in Toledo is because they work at the mill, like me or they just like the weather and being able to drive for ten minutes and be at the beach. They get good weather and everything they need is ten minutes away, walmart, the beach, hunting (ten minutes east), car dealers, and the schools in Toledo are the same schools that are in Newport just not as many of them.