The 10 Best Places To Live In Oregon - Job, Retire & Family - Around The World

For those who have an avid love for the great outdoors but also like to be able to mingle with city dwellers, Oregon is the place for you.
Neatly divided into distinct eastern and western regions by the Cascade Range, Oregon’s most family-friendly cities are as diverse as its landscape.
With access to breathtaking wilderness areas, sweeping deserts and long stretches of coastline, families who value outdoor recreation thrive here.
Similarly, those seeking access to arts and culture will find exceptional theater, live music, and art museums even in the smallest towns.
Although the Oregon state capital is Salem, the city of Portland is where the action is at. This city is famed for its progressive and trendsetting culture.
Because of its diverse landscapes and waterways, Oregon's economy is largely powered by various forms of agriculture, fishing, and hydroelectric power.
Technology is another one of Oregon's major economic forces, beginning in the 1970s with the establishment of the Silicon Forest and the expansion of Tektronix and Intel.
Are you moving to Oregon?
Influential prerequisites when looking for a new home include proximity to good public schools, cost of living and affordability of family homes.
From varied job opportunities to lifestyle options that fit a variety of family dynamics.
If you’re looking to make a move, we recommend considering the 10 best places to live in Oregon:
10. Eugene (raise a family, affordable places)
9. Portland (retire, city for the arts, outdoor activities)
8. Bend. (best for outdoorsy folks, raise a family)
7. Springfield (most affordable place)
6. Brookings. (safest place in Oregon, retire, raise a family)
5. Sherwood. (raise a family, retire)
4. Ashland (best place to retire, raise a family)
3. Florence (most livable coastal town, retire)
2. Lake Oswego. (retire, best schools , raise a family)
1. Bethany. (affordable , raise a family)
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[@debbiegrivas2272]

I live 12 miles in the woods outside of Grants Pass,and 5 minutes from i-5.I love it. I brought my kids up here from southern California in 1987 to raise them up.They all turned out great and we all are happy!!!! Thank you Oregon for giving us a good life!

[@MrSuperxJawz]

I worked for Grayback Forestry in Merlin

[@ev500sam]

I loved living in the Grants Pass, area. My grandkids are growing up there!

[@sarahali5938]

Woow

[@johnnyc1227]

I hope you aren’t one of those who came here because you didn’t like there and voted to make here like there. Oregon has turned into Kalifornia with a Democrat majority. I feel like we are in the Neverending Story and Oregon has been taken over by the Great Nothing!

[@lavonneschultz2362]

GO BACK TO CALIFORNIA

[@badbeav5061]

Describing Bend as “affordable” is hilarious😂😂😂

[@cesarcoelho7227]

You need to make more $

[@badbeav5061]

@Kevin Holley I was born in bend in 76, much different place than the bend I grew up in for sure.

[@cesarcoelho7227]

@@badbeav5061 every place is diferent than 76. lol . 45 years !!!!

[@badbeav5061]

@@cesarcoelho7227 what’s your point? I wasn’t responding to you or my original comment genius

[@DooDooDisco]

it's affordable "compared to other large cities" sums it up about right.

[@konghammer6061]

Portland is the place to be... Somebody hasn't been watching the news for the past 8 years...

[@dbcooper9475]

I'm from Oregon. I stopped the video as soon as the recommended Portland. Anybody who recommends Portland as a top 10 place to live in Oregon, doesn't have a clue.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

I don't think it should even be in the top 100 at this point.😂

[@pebe6269]

Haha ya I’ve moved away from the top 10 once upon a time it was nice in 1995

[@Toekneepowers]

Now 2022 this channel should be reported.

[@markmagnano8590]

Poop and needles on the sidewalk, go Portland. Don’t forget the trash and tents everywhere.

[@galicia707]

They used to named Rose City now it's Tent City ⛺⛺⛺

[@guyh.4553]

Portland, Bend, Ashland, Sherwood, West Linn, Lake Oswego, Eugene, , some of the most expensive places to live in the west. I love how she hardly ever talks about income rates, housing costs, food prices, etc

[@eyotachenoa3132]

Gotta keep that quiet, Brown needs $$.

[@walkingwildside]

How about Medford?

[@eyotachenoa3132]

@@walkingwildside , I5 is a corridor for CA to WA. Medford is is hub for drugs, gangs & traffickers. Mostly noticed at night. Schools are ok. Central Point being the highest rated. Parks are unsafe, even daytime. Homeless are mostly found on bike trails or in wooded/brushy areas. Dangerous bike trails.

[@user-dj5wb5xf6e]

True price of food in my town is ridiculous housing cost is good here in grant county Oregon our mortgage is only $230 a month so not bad

[@kbanghart]

@@user-dj5wb5xf6e Wow how did you get such a small mortgage?

[@DNagy1800]

I lived in Oregon for 6 months but ended up moving to Arkansas, I plan on going back once I can because I miss the beauty of Oregon.

[@sarcasticmaniac628]

You better come visit again. A whole bunch has changed since your last visit. Don’t get out of the car in Portland.

[@JVR-gd7zw]

Dont turn the state you move to. To the state you left. You left for a reason

[@stevegant7856]

Absolutely right, but Democrats aren't the smartest people in the world! In fact, the definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result!

[@stevegant7856]

@@slightkek It's not stealing a quote, it's repeating a statement!

[@stevegant7856]

@@slightkek NO ONE IS ASKING YOU LOSER!

[@casey2545]

Totally agree. I love California, but politics are awful. I don't want higher taxes...

[@manniefresh3425]

Too late

[@Sea-n-sun]

(To the ppl hating on Californians for wanting to move to Oregon) You know, it’s not our fault that our own state has already been ruined because ppl from ALL OVER THE COUNTRY come wanting to be actors/artist of some kind or ppl just wanting more than being some house wife in Nebraska . I understand the appeal. We have sunshine and The Stars , we are a liberal state where in most places cultures are celebrated happily and so on. We are not perfect in the slightest but I understand it perfectly. I’m from Los Angeles and believe me when I say that leaving California is not a choice I would have made 100% happily if my rent was realistically affordable, if there was no traffic up the ying yang and IN-N-OUT lines weren’t so long amongst other more things.. We have plenty of mountains, beaches and trees n shit to last us a lifetime of adventure. But unfortunately California is becoming a place for the few elite. Washington, Oregon, California,NY, Texas, Florida. We’re all on the same boat.

[@vincentmackay4927]

I agree Sea-n-sun,I have live in San Pedro and it is nothing like it was when I grew up here as a kid.I have to get out,I am looking for somewhere nice to move to that is not liberal.

[@suematthews9795]

Our feet are not rooted like the roots of trees. Oregon is not the same anymore. Litter, rude drivers, and theft was very rare until recently. I couldn't LOOSE my purse years ago. We aren't trying to be rude. But it's just like Cali now. Dog shit bags on the trail were not a thing till the population quadrupled. Frequently in the past I'd show up at a campsite and there's a fires all ready to be started and flowers on the picnic table. I'm old and this has been my experience.

[@vincentmackay4927]

@@sun77711 ,thanks for the reminder but I don't believe in leftist politics.I'm registered republican and voted for Trump.Leftist politics is one of the reasons that I want to leave.

[@vincentmackay4927]

@@sun77711 ,thank you and take care.

[@renkanazawabluedot]

CA has homeless from all over the country. Come pick up your citizens. We need to feed them, why do you think some of the taxes go to. And it’s true. The rest of the country wants to move in CA making housing expensive

[@cyndirozcicha2264]

I live in Oregon. I used to be able to walk a trail and not see another person for hours. Not anymore. The trails are crowded, the beaches are crowded, and the roads are packed. It’s ruined.

[@redhotchilipepper432]

what city?

[@FukaiKokoro]

Cyndi Rozcicha yup. It’s over run with Southern Californians who don’t GAF about our way of life. They drive like assholes, and let our deer population go out of control because they think the deer are cute. Which causes a lot of damage to both cars and gardens. My husband actually saw someone throwing trash out their window. They where a tourist. From California. S.Oregon has it the worst. We only have two lanes on our freeway and about 750,000 tourists a year and that’s just one town. That’s an insane amount of extra traffic. Dogs off leash in our dog free parks. To the point of water contamination like ecoli. Visit all you want just fix your own state instead of ruining ours. And a lot of them that move here only are here part time and refuse to pass higher taxes to fix our crumbling roads.

[@johnnesbit5779]

Brookings is Oregon's hidden gem.

[@christinamock7264]

Amen sister!!

[@konghammer6061]

@@FukaiKokoro I live in S Oregon, I totally get this, they drive through town, oooo and aaahhh, trash everything, drive like idiots, and for some fucked off reason think it would be "cool" to run into a bear or big cat...

[@josuelopez2048]

Girl lake Oswego is for the rich

[@setapartaay925]

I saw that when I was looking up houses in that area😩. It’s niice tho 😍

[@HarmonicWave]

I grew up there in the 80s and 90s. We weren't rich, but my parents bought the house in 1976. Now it's too expensive to buy there.

[@adamgronvold8608]

It's not like she didn't say that.

[@richq1318]

When I first visited and worked in Oregon as a travel nurse, it was so beautiful and peaceful. I came back and worked again 5 years later and asked:”where did all these people come from?” It sucks that so many people learned about the secret known as Oregon :(

[@HarmonicWave]

I've lived in the Portland area my whole life and I'm trying to get out of here, find a smaller town further south where it's not so crowded. 11AM on a Tuesday and all the roads are packed with cars. What in the world? Nobody works 9-5 anymore, or there are even more people than I realize.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Ya and they ruined it with their California ideas, my family has been in Oregon since the late 1860's and we decided to move to Wyoming, Idaho or Montana this Christmas

[@wastelandr8]

It's a sanctuary state. That's what happened to them

[@DNagy1800]

@@HarmonicWave I agree that city life sucks, I wanna eventually live in a small town.

[@laurieross8157]

Well you named all the most expensive areas in Oregon. Well done! Not realistic for most retirees.

[@kbanghart]

Well, it makes sense that the best areas would be the most expensive.

[@c.j.gillespie4571]

Born and raised in Oregon, I alway's thought I would die here. Now it's a haven for the homeless, and relies heavily on property and income taxes to support everyone. My wife and I are planning to move out of state in the next few years.

[@Switzer1234]

C.J. Gillespie I ALWAYS (Not ALWAY'S. No apostrophe.) thought I'd die here.

[@alanbehnke9615]

@@Switzer1234 Shut up, professor.

[@reneeraw6927]

C.J. Gillespie where are you moving to?

[@rebekahwarriorspirit8110]

Same here. WA state is stupid pricey too many California's moving up here among other states!

[@Dollsteak69]

Minneapolis/St.Paul same story. There's not gonna be anywhere to flee too.

[@ELKoiv]

Imagine watching a video where they only show clips of your city covered in snow, except it only snows in winter. That's my biggest problem with videos like this. Sure our summers are incredible, which is why if you love the outdoors it's amazing to vacation here during the summer. The footage should be of rain. Drenching rain, sprinkling rain, hail and black skies, days with solid white clouds where it's dark by 4:30pm. I've lived here my whole life, in different areas of Portland, and now with my family in the suburbs. I watch people move here, want to make friends, and leave after a year or two. Either due to underestimating the weather, or they get tired of working 2-3 jobs just to make rent. This isn't a place you move to and hope to get a job. For white collar professionals I've grown up with, there's better opportunities and they have mostly left. Is Oregon amazing? Yes. But it's not sustainable to work so hard for so little.

[@Wild.horse.]

Honesty

[@kbanghart]

But every rural place is like that. People say that about California all the time.

[@zanderray9823]

@@kbanghart he's right there is a thing called Oregon depression cause it's that cloudy all the time

[@kbanghart]

@@zanderray9823 that's true, regarding the weather. Personally, I'm one of those who actually feels better when it's cloudy or rainy. I get depressed when there is a lot of sun.

[@Sara-hz9zk]

Sherwood!

[@willstrick3202]

Portland shouldn’t be in this list either

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Millennial Central. Disrespectful punks whose creed is "it's all about me" and image before substance.

[@invisible8741]

Portland is that one place that you wouldn’t wanna go to

[@robertjames-life4768]

I don’t think the people who made this video have ever been to Portland.

[@clarencesmith9580]

God Eugen drugs, guns, crime. Portland guns, drugs, crime, homeless. How out of touch are the people that made this video? Check out World According To Briggs he lives here in PDX and has a video Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Oregon.

[@davidwilliams3393]

So, Oregon’s ‘best places to live’ are all located on the west side of the state (with the exception of Bend)??? Cool! I’ll continue to live in beautiful (and affordable) Eastern Oregon with little company

[@kbanghart]

Hmm Maybe I'll look there for a small house, Id like to be not too far from an airport though. How hot does it get in the summer?

[@kaidenkenison1296]

@@kbanghart All of August is about 100°. Most of Eastern Oregon has cheap housing but the issue is there isn't jobs that pay enough even to afford the housing. Places around here will pay you minimum wage (which is significantly less than urban counties) and ask that you have a degree or certificate.

[@kbanghart]

@@kaidenkenison1296 yeah, rural areas everywhere have that issue, that's why I'm thinking that if my wife and I can both get approved to do our jobs remotely even by moving out of the state, then maybe we can be set up ok. Assuming we have good internet of course lol.

[@rjh2772]

Can you recommend a place in eastern or central Oregon for my wife and I we are active retired couple

[@ThePdxster]

@@rjh2772 In the northern part of E Oregon take a look at Pendleton, La Grande, and Baker City. In the southern part, Klamath Falls. In central Oregon I still like Bend/Redmond but the housing prices are pretty high and much more crowded than the other towns I've mentioned.

[@gailcirac4485]

OR & WA are the most beautiful states . Just take a turn off any major highway and you’re surrounded by farms and trees and fields. It’s unbelievable ! Portland will recover.

[@user-dj5wb5xf6e]

Bend Oregon is awesome lots of fun things to do i miss my home town

[@allanjones2393]

With all due respect, I call BS for including Eugene on this list... if you like graffiti everywhere, and all your parks completely overrun with homeless campers, then you will like Eugene just fine.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

It's kind of a "Portland in Training" from what I've seen and heard.

[@DooDooDisco]

Don't move to Portland unless you want to pay way too much money to live in crowded spaces where you have to constantly worry about your vehicle getting stolen or damaged. lol this video should be called "all the most expensive places to live in Oregon"

[@e.a.r.9155]

From experience of being there, and Family living All Over Oregon... 'Bend' is the Best.

[@deadlyorange96]

Living in bend is nice especially with all the places to explore

[@johnbaldwin309]

Oh god please don’t move here

[@e.a.r.9155]

@@johnbaldwin309 the Whole State would turn 200% MORE Conservative if My Family Moved There. Oregon Libs are getting Crazier than California's..

[@johnbaldwin309]

@@e.a.r.9155 I thinks that’s because California’s libs are becoming Oregon’s.

[@e.a.r.9155]

@@johnbaldwin309 Don't worry.. "God Guns & Guts will keep us safe from Liberal NUTS." You get a California Conservative.. You get a Standing Army Fighting Force Like no other State has seen. We stand on the Front Lines EVERYDAY Fighting to the Death for our Freedoms in California.

[@alanbehnke9615]

I've lived in Oregon my whole life. When you said Portland is a great place to live I knew this video was BS.

[@bruceforster3709]

I live on the Oregon Coast. Clatsop County has the 2nd Highest per-Capita Meth use in the entire US on a County population chart. As bad as my community of Astoria is, IF I have to go to Portland, Salem, OR Eugene, I GO ARMED!

[@gloriacalderon7439]

Beautiful

[@Bazinga22199]

Dude everyone from California is moving to Nevada which is where I live, they make me want to move and now I see they’re everywhere omg

[@memphisgrizzlies3398]

boo hoo

[@Bazinga22199]

@Alayum Loyce it’s not far from that here tbh

[@jeffhildreth9244]

I lived in Winnemucca, that is the "real" Nevada. Reno to Minden, Gardenerville is destroyed by retired Calif teachers and civil servants.

[@cesarcoelho7227]

Because they have $$ dont be a hater . Work harder 👍

[@Bazinga22199]

@@cesarcoelho7227 Nobody’s hating and that’s not the point. They ruined their state with the way the vote and who they elect. Now they’re coming in floods to all these other states and are doing the same thing, eventually ruining it for people that have been here for a long time and working their asses off. They’re obviously gonna have money after they sell their house in Cali which has ridiculous prices and then buy a house in a state like Texas or Arizona, so that’s an ignorant comment on your part. Also, you don’t know anything about me and you’re telling me to work harder you’re missing the point

[@stevedavenport1202]

Bend has always had a special place in my heart

[@jeffkramer3029]

Unfortunately the "immigrants from CA" changed everything. Now native Oregonians can't afford to live there. Affordable my a $$.

[@BarTGila]

Betheny.....WTF. Eugene or Bend maybe. Bend is so spendy anymore I doubt it. It is also colder than hell in the winter and hotter than hell in the summer. Lived in Oregon my whole life and I think maybe this women visited one of our pot stores before she did this video.

[@petergraham8681]

A message to C (below). Joseph, in Northeast Oregon amidst the Wallowa Mountains may not be as tourist-free as in former times but is still an area of incomparable beauty & not as many hikers as in some other locales. But one area that still seems in relatively unspoiled condition is the Steens Mountain Region in southeast Oregon. Although in the northern section of the Great Basin, the Steens has several varied climatic zones & a spectacular car friendly (at least if you start from the Frenchglen side) washboard surface loop road that winds its way through those several climatic zones (with corresponding unique types of trees & plant species as the road ascends to the nearly 10,000 foot summit). Once one reaches the summit the loop road continues & ends on the highway a few miles south of Frenchglen. This particular section I would not recommend except for four wheel drive vehicles. I was last on it some 14 years ago & I doubt very much that this section is even today in any better shape. But I could be wrong & maybe it’s been made more accessible now. Inquire with the Bureau of Land Management or with local residents. In short this is an area of Oregon not so many are familiar with & well worth exploring, for hiking (I.e., Kiger Gorge) & north of there one can, depending on the time of year, observe Wild Mustangs grazing the sagebrush. The Steens is well worth exploring for those who think they have experienced all the wonderfully diverse landscape that Oregon offers.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Most beautiful part of the state and I hope it will stay that way.

[@KoJo-qh9od]

The video is obviously created as a marketing ploy. Whoever did this has never been to Oregon.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Or somehow making money off this drivel. What utter bullshit.

[@LITNGTIM]

Most towns on the Oregon Coast is the place to be ..Any town south of Florence...Live in Reedsport for 13 years 20 miles south of Florence and 20 miles north of North Bend and Coos Bay..Miss that area..

[@bugeanuflorin1531]

ABSOLUTELY, thank you, good time for you

[@sarahali5938]

I wish one day someone take me in this beautiful space

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Thank You so much

[@rosiebrooks7685]

Just strolling through all the states to see where I wanna move.

[@kbanghart]

Did you decide where to move yet?

[@raywilliams9406]

Crater lake is not in Ashland Oregon

[@sprintcar-acematt5175]

You mean they didn't move it?

[@eyotachenoa3132]

@@sprintcar-acematt5175 , lol.

[@fermentedfruit]

🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@thunder123961]

As well as lots of other pictures they showed!

[@dbcooper9475]

Not only is it not in Ashland, it's not even in the same county.

[@timsworld8711]

Oregon is becoming the new California gets worse every year. I am looking for a new state to move to. Don't believe what this video tells you because it makes it sound much better than it really is. Check it out in person before you move here.

[@aireekah1230]

Which areas do you recommend if at all?

[@cutterroddy5031]

How so ?

[@konghammer6061]

@@aireekah1230 stick to south western, southern, and eastern oregon. You'll have a great time and be reasonably safe. A lot of open carry though so if seeing guns makes you nervous you might not like it.

[@vincentmackay4927]

Yea,where would you recommend to go to Tim?I have lived here my whole life and have watched it turn to crap!I have to get out of here and move to an area where people have respect for nature and for other people. I have watched my home become ghettoized and it used to be a beautiful area.Not any more.

[@suematthews9795]

People try to drive like in Cali. We have farm vehicles and driveways on highways. You can't drive the same, people die.

[@lizbrauer3374]

As they used to say "Come visit us again and again. But for heaven's sake, don't come here to live." Gov Tom McCall

[@jeffhildreth9244]

There used to be a sign on the Calif Oregon Border: Thanks for coming leave your green.

[@joncomarti9005]

What happened to Joseph or?

[@charles_channel4957]

Wonderfull this nature I call heaven in earth

[@sunray8458]

vvwww.faithfreedom.org/Author/Sina.htm

[@BanishedToEarth]

Oregon has very low pay and horrible job opportunities! I work for an aerospace company and make just above poverty level, so no food stamps...I can hardly keep up with rent on a rundown 2 bed shack. I live in Salem, it has become a tent city of homelessness. So Sad!! Unless you are one of the overpaid state/ city workers, you will make ONLY enough to only pay bills and housing. Forget groceries.. food bank or bust... forget about buying a house.. this is a land of oppression. You are either rich or miserably poor... mostly poor here and many homeless. Oregon used to be amazing... those days seem to have slipped into oblivion.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

Escaping Portland for Helsinki, Finland 25 years ago, before it became the cesspool that it is today, was the biggest stroke of luck I've ever experienced.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Helsinki is a cesspool? Do they teach English there, I recommend you explore that.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

@@jeffhildreth9244 You're trying much, much too hard to be clever. Anyone with an IQ north of 80 would have easily understood what I meant. Apparently you didn't. Oh, well. Or perhaps I inadvertently triggered another Portland snowflake by describing Portland in accurate terms. Well, maybe you can find a safe space to recover; I hear that there are a lot of them over there these days. Is it now clear which city I'm referring to as a cesspool, or is it still too hard for you to understand? I'm referring to Portland here, and not Helsinki. Do you have it now, or should I say it in yet another way? Here it is one more time: Portland is a cesspool (thanks to the mindless virtue signallers running it) and Helsinki is not a cesspool (because we have a well-functioning government here that takes care of problems instead of just blaming them on someone else). You don't need to worry about my language skills, but thank you so much for your concern. I speak five languages fluently, even though I'm American. Perhaps you should concentrate more on your understanding of very basic English, so that you can avoid writing butt-hurt drivel in the future as an apparent knee-jerk reaction to things that you don't agree with. By the way, You really should really brush up on your punctuation regarding the English language. It's hilarious that you talk about someone else's alleged lack of English skills, yet you clearly have at best "Internet English" yourself. Thanks for my daily laugh, in any event. As my way of saying thanks, here's your absolutely free Finnish language lesson for today: The word "kamala" in Finnish mean "horrible". We absolutely love that one here in Finland at the moment. I won't say why, but maybe you can figure it out all by yourself. 😂

[@timothycsauer1]

Who ever made this video obviously doesn't live in Oregon. Although it looks cool to visitors Ashland is the worst part of the Rogue Valley to actually live in. A lot of Californias move there which is probably an improvement for them.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Ashland is a pretentious yuppie, millennial haven .

[@valdirsantos1214]

Excellent

[@nikonck7305]

Nice...

[@angeladobbs1991]

😎😍theres a Castleberry snow white

[@icecreamorc]

Springfield was a major Meth den when I lived in Oregon from the 90s to 2014, I wouldn't suggest it to anyone but maybe it has gorten better in the last 7 years.

[@Nov-63]

Welcome to #9 Portland - WHAT, PORTLAND, ARE YOU KIDDING ME. YOU ARE JOKING WITH IT'S HIGHER CRIMINAL RECORD.

[@shelleyhoerauf3595]

I wonder exactly who and how they made up this list. Also WHEN??? I’m an Oregonian and have been over 50yrs. Was raised here and I have to tell you(being raised in Portland which I HAD loved) I wouldn’t encourage people to move there. Also you said it rarely gets below freezing in Portland abs snow is gone in a few hrs. Also not true going back decades. Lake Oswego is a very rich area to live in that I’m doubtful that any middle income person could live in. Reason for low homeless level is because it’s been for the rich for a very long time. One of the problems with high living costs is that people from out of state move here and are raising the cost of living. As for Springfield, while it does have a few nice areas, a majority of the city is quite depressing and full of crime. Methamphetamine currently has a stranglehold in Oregon. In this past year opioid overdoses has significantly rising by 70%. Suicide rate is also higher than the national average. When you like to high methamphetamine addict issues...with it comes high property crimes. In Portland, it saw at least 6months of nightly protests that turned into riots and looting. Eugene, being a mini Portland, has also had issues of riots, looting, traffic stoppage by crowds that attack cars. Homelessness is also a big issue in Portland, Springfield, and Eugene areas. Put it this way, I don’t venture into Springfield alone, and only certain parts of Eugene. If you want your kids to see homeless sleeping on the street in the middle of the day with their butts showing, welcome to Eugene and valley River center(VRC is the high end mall for Eugene area). I would hope that if you are going to recommend places for people to live in, that maybe you should actually VISIT these places. I LOVE Oregon and it’s a beautiful place to live...but the major cities are turning into messes and nothing is being done. This isn’t the Oregon I grew up in. But it’s still a beautiful state with lots to offer. I do live in a small rural town of 6,000 in the mid Willamette Valley. We don’t have violent crime here, some property crimes due to the increased use & availability of methamphetamine in our state. I have lived in this town for over 26yrs and live it. Clean air. Neighbors you actually know. Friendly people that still say hi even if they don’t know you. I know my neighbors and they know me. We watch out for one another. It’s the way in my opinion it should be everywhere but it’s not. I worry regarding the urban sprawl swallowing up the fertile Willamette Valley. I worry more about urban sprawl swallowing up our town and bringing with it the progressive values and influence of Portland. I won’t say where I live, cause I don’t want more people moving here. I’ve lived in this area a very long time as my mother lived in small town 5miles from here. I visited her during summers and fell in love with the area after I graduated high school.

[@Rembrandtswagster]

Deez nuts

[@pravinkhetani9920]

Great information 😂😀👌🙏

[@tccragun]

We have lived in western Oregon for over 40 years, raised our family, and are now planning our move to the Idaho outback to escape the heavy-handed use of toxic agricultural chemicals in the forests and farmlands of western Oregon. From Christmas trees to hazelnuts to grass seed to flowers and vegetables, industrial agriculture is always spraying something either to kill insects or weeds. It breaks our hearts to watch the soil wash into the rivers from the sterilized ground surrounding Christmas and hazelnut trees.

[@kbanghart]

Interesting, here in California we have laws that are supposed to be helping against this, does Oregon not have such laws?

[@lauravaldes2984]

Love Oregon 💙 want to live and play there 😍

[@HowdyItLovll]

This feels more like an AI reading off a stats chart

[@Columbia-Brightlight]

Nerve-wracking background sound is a turn-off...as are the misrepresentations. Oregon LONG ago (even in the 90s) was wondrous, but has become overrun by too many who do not appreciate (nor protect) her beauties.🕊

[@bethking9830]

Lol! Lake Oswego! Usually badly polluted by toxic algea and herbicide runoff from all those well groomed lawns

[@carlstritzinger6724]

Friends of mine in White City said that the COVID refunds were taxed by the state. Later the state said they would refund that money but have not. All I can think of just be carefu of the political culture in Oregon.

[@michelleshipley]

They did and still havent given it back. I dont think they are going to. Our governor sucks!

[@vishyswa]

This should be entitled 10 best in WESTERN Oregon.

[@user-ml3ko3qw4c]

😍😍😍

[@eunaekim9216]

Here because the only Pacific Coast state I've ever been to is Oregon.

[@sharonphillips5050]

With a sexy voice to sell you the ideal places in the state of Oregon as a great place, someone had to pay this lady high dollars to enticed you to come to live. No way, no deal!

[@zanderray9823]

Would not recommend Portland, Eugene, and Springfield, lots of homeless, crime, traffic, noise, generally not fun places to live. I would recommend Corvallis as probably one of the better towns to live in.

[@Kiona76]

Agreed. Just moved there a few months ago

[@timbarnett3898]

Need to rethink this after September NW fires!

[@xx_eons_xx9168]

Brookings baby let’s go!

[@bilingualoutdoorsnaturegre9602]

Yes, #this

[@greatwitchallah7080]

I was here first!

[@GothGirlArtE]

Liiiiies!!! This video I nothing but liiiiies!!

[@greatwitchallah7080]

Get me them newbies too!

[@Ishmael.c.k]

I'd gonna be 21 in a few months, I'm contemplating moving to Oregon with my fam but I plan/hope to have my own space. Was wondering what city would be a good fit for an a adult in his 20s.

[@cooperbeltz9917]

Happy Valley

[@NightBazaar]

I'm surprised Albany, Corvallis and Lebanon weren't mentioned.

[@Hirabe]

Once a day i will come ORIGON

[@vishyswa]

Why do they show a pic of Crater Lake when talking about Ashland?

[@brianpowell2798]

Portland in the top 10 at number 9!?!?!?!? What??? How can i take this video seriously now?

[@susanweaver3272]

I grew up in Brookings. I loved it. My husband drug me to Southern California. Hate it.

[@kbanghart]

I grew up in southern California, and yes there's a ton of people. One good thing, I'll bet your home is worth a lot.

[@TiktokersGillies]

❤️❤️

[@aidanlasombra]

Maybe one day

[@michaelpopp6340]

I laughed when I heard Bend and affordable in same sentence, but this is an oldish video.

[@robinorga528]

Oregon taxes are extremely expensive. Rains too much and Eugene pollen is extremely terrible. I did not know what a liberal was until I lived in Portland. Crime is getting worse and the homeless is like LA. Look for another state.

[@romiagua2746]

Muito legal 🥂

[@TheOfficialHyperinon]

I have lived in oregon and junction city my whole life and it has been great. Except downtown eugene like towards where wendys is there are some homeless people other than that my experience has been great. Every place here is great EXCEPT portland.

[@alanbarnett3394]

Once you sad Portland the list lost all credibility.

[@thenobleone-3384]

Eugene Oregon is where the University of Oregon campus is. The ducks. If they weren't expensive meaning the tuition for out of state students I would transfer there.

[@PurrsMom]

I live in Eugene.

[@kathleenclanton1768]

Oregon is no longer the way this video portrays...especially Portland!

[@albertlucas9558]

Why did you say so?

[@princessmeganelsa8952]

Oregon baby ❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️

[@abitofeverything7892]

Great video. The United States has beautiful cities.

[@abitofeverything7892]

@Susan Martin well, most still look beautiful, especially those that ain't overcrowded.

[@markbrown332]

Yes the U.S. does have some beautiful places. Oregon and Washington west of the cascade mountains is very lush. Lots of rain though.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

This is a completely fictitious representation of Oregon. I would like to know who paid for it. Utter BS.

[@paulinomartinianofeitozafe5082]

Muito lindo estás cidades. Gostei.

[@johnkane7832]

Please don't move to Portland. There are too many here now as it is. Traffic is horrible, and the homeless situation is beyond ridiculous.

[@perceptiveprof]

“If it snows it is typically gone in a few hours”. Yeah, but the ice storms last for days/weeks so....

[@shelleyhoerauf3595]

I was thinking the same thing. It always gets below freezing in pretty much all of Oregon except maybe the coast. But they get snow sometimes to. Also nothing was mentioned about the rain. And with the rain, even above freezing it feels very cold.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@shelleyhoerauf3595 average 68 inches a year on the coast. Ditto about the ice.

[@powderthumb5959]

No Hood River?

[@NaomiVirshbo]

I was thinking the same thing!! :(

[@zanejames1746]

Springfield AVG house cost $170K ? Lmao.. maybe 15 years ago.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

That was $170K "down".

[@karenthomas4849]

Oregon is beautiful, but the weather sucks! You only get a few months of nice weather to actually hike and bike in the sun.

[@lettymontoya9951]

I live in Az trying to move OUT. I was thinking OR. Any Ideas for affordable, low crime to raise family? I have 4 kiddos, just want to keep my options open.

[@bruceforster3709]

Stay OUT of Oregon. The people have turned this state to SHIT! I'm trying to LEAVE!

[@kidistmamecha2892]

Transition

[@garyschwabel6053]

Bend near by Portland ya 4.5 hours away so close

[@okboomer1340]

3 hours tops

[@redblue7423]

I wish could be there..

[@felipededios2876]

Portland Oregon my beautiful and awesome people are one of the best place to live and not just that Portland it’s the city of Samaritan the best city of usa thanks for sharing a fabulous video greetings from Georgia usa 🙏👽

[@rontreald]

I’m moving there soon I’m getting out the military my mom and dad have been there for about 15 years and they love it. They stay in Salem and are old and just are retired. I’m just looking for somewhere nice to raise the kids and be closer to them. Any advice?

[@sunshinetx36]

Sherwood, West Linn, Tualatin, Lake Oswego but its much pricier than the other 3.

[@bruceforster3709]

SILVERTON!

[@BadHairDay34]

Oregon is absolutely amazing but it’s so overpopulated PLEASE STOP MOVING HERE our cities and small towns can’t handle it

[@rsoubiea]

i guess you don’t have right to say that, otherwise california wouldn’t be ruined by everyone wanting to move there, and all the tourists.

[@nameinvain6]

Shut up.

[@Kat-n-Ollie]

Yeah I thought that when everyone moved to California.

[@sensoeirensen]

Overpopulated? I live in Switzerland you have no clue what overpopulation means haha....in the USA you can park you big SUV's everywhere. Here we don't have space for this.

[@pzyxx9176]

Dios bendiga al estado de Oregón...

[@pzyxx9176]

@@solas1721 buenas noches pues yo tengo amistades en Texas que ya vivieron aquí en Oregon y me han dicho que la ayuda de aquí en Oregon es mucho mejor que en Texas.. aquí en Oregon la renta es alta de precio pero si te dan mucha ayuda

[@solas1721]

@@pzyxx9176 Buenas Noches, Gracias por contestarme. Me alegra saber eso. Dios te bendiga.

[@e.a.r.9155]

No City or Town Near Portland is Worth moving to.... Don't wanna be anywhere near a mayor like that

[@billgates2518]

Hiw about Roseburg???

[@miket6126]

Other than the beach cities, Bend should be #1

[@SubZeRoy9]

Is rent cheap and is it safe? I'm looking to move from Georgia and I'm looking for somewhere with low unemployment, low rent, and a good social life for young people.

[@kensporalsky3784]

SubZeRoy9 rent is very high. Otherwise it’s a great place.

[@charlespeterson348]

Bend is a suburb of LA

[@asajayunknown6290]

@@SubZeRoy9 Sorry, you're dreaming. Low rent generally means no jobs. Low cost of living also usually Indicates a high average age population. Although maybe look into La Grande. High desert college town.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@SubZeRoy9 Obscenely expensive from Bend North through Sisters. Try Prineville