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Old 07-31-2016, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Around Salem Dallas and Monmouth are nice towns.
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Old 07-31-2016, 01:55 PM
 
Location: Baker City, Oregon
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...................... I drove through one town of 2,000 and they had 16 churches listed at the city limits. Pretty obvious those folks don't play well with others.
I know that town. Terrifying!!

At least you made it through safely.

I was abducted and was forced to eat Mrs. Anderson's Creamy Brussels Sprouts casserole at the First Lutheran Church potluck dinner.
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Old 07-31-2016, 02:24 PM
 
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I know that town. Terrifying!!

At least you made it through safely.

I was abducted and was forced to eat Mrs. Anderson's Creamy Brussels Sprouts casserole at the First Lutheran Church potluck dinner.
Are we anti- Lutheran in Oregon? Did the Lutherans poison your casserole?
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Old 07-31-2016, 09:03 PM
 
Location: Myrtle Creek, Oregon
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Are we anti- Lutheran in Oregon? Did the Lutherans poison your casserole?
He could have mentioned the lime jello, cottage cheese and shredded carrot dish at the Methodist church potluck.
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Old 07-31-2016, 09:10 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley
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Without knowing what you consider low cost of living, or weather that's good with more specifics, it's too hard to answer. Plus, what amenities do you need?

There are a lot of nice towns in southern OR on the coast, like Brookings, or inland a bit, like Grants Pass, with what I think is decent weather, and I don't like extreme weather. Those are towns I visit from where I live in far northern CA.
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Old 08-01-2016, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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When you compare the COL index of most of Oregon's towns they are a little higher than the national average. The national average is based at 100 on the index. Boise's index is 107, Salem is 104, Portland is 126, Eugene is 120, Grants Pass is 104 and Medford is 106.

So your not going to save much by moving to these towns from Boise
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Old 08-01-2016, 07:34 PM
 
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I've heard that it changed. We are definitely going to visit several times before making a decision. What about Lebanon? Newport?
Every place changes. Not always for the best.
I lived in Boise several years ago and it had really changed. The whole Treasure Valley area is growing like crazy. The traffic is getting incredible.
I'm originally from Southern CA and look what happened there! Then I moved to LV and IMO it's another CA!
We won't need jobs so a small quiet town would be nice with shopping, etc. nearby.
I appreciate the input.
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Old 08-01-2016, 07:41 PM
 
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I've heard that it changed. We are definitely going to visit several times before making a decision. What about Lebanon? Newport?
Every place changes. Not always for the best.
I lived in Boise several years ago and it had really changed. The whole Treasure Valley area is growing like crazy. The traffic is getting incredible.
I'm originally from Southern CA and look what happened there! Then I moved to LV and IMO it's another CA!
We won't need jobs so a small quiet town would be nice with shopping, etc. nearby.
I appreciate the input.
You may like Newport as its small but has Freddy's, some cute shops, restaurants and so much natural beauty and sea life. It's about an hour from Corvallis, which is an awesome college town(OSU).
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Old 08-01-2016, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Portland Metro
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Lebanon is fine. Close enough to Albany for the things you can't get in Lebanon, and sort of halfway between Eugene and Salem for things you can't get in Albany.
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Old 08-02-2016, 12:10 PM
 
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I've heard that it changed. We are definitely going to visit several times before making a decision. What about Lebanon? Newport?
Every place changes. Not always for the best.
I lived in Boise several years ago and it had really changed. The whole Treasure Valley area is growing like crazy. The traffic is getting incredible.
I'm originally from Southern CA and look what happened there! Then I moved to LV and IMO it's another CA!
We won't need jobs so a small quiet town would be nice with shopping, etc. nearby.
I appreciate the input.
Make sure if you're going to look at Oregon coastal cities that you spend at least a couple of weeks visiting in winter before you decide to make a permanent move. It takes a special breed to be able to live on the Coast long-term - there's reasons so few people make the Coast their permanent home and the weather is one of the biggest of those reasons.

As for recommendations, the most affordable parts of Western Oregon are around the Central and Southern parts of the Willamette Valley, say around Albany and South of Eugene. I really like the area around McMinnville - it gets somewhat more affordable the further West and South you get from the city, say around Sheridan. West of Salem is probably also more affordable, like around Dallas, Monmouth, etc. Basically, the cheapest areas of Western Oregon are going to be the areas outside of the range of a daily commute to Portland metro, Salem, Corvallis or Eugene.

Have you looked at Western Washington? As long as you stay away from the Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia area and the Vancouver area, Washington is probably more affordable than Oregon.

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