2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Bend, OR vs Auburn, AL

#2 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

#48 Best Green Cities

#59 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#102 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#127 Best Green Cities

#192 2005 Best Places to Live

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

Unless you’re a college student or under 30, dont move here cause there is nothing to do. I grew up here and the university used to bring in great concerts but these  More

Went to Auburn University for 4 years and stayed living here for an additional year. First thing: if you aren’t in classes, dont care for college football, or don’t  More

Auburn is a very nice place to live and raise a family. Compared to New York where i'm from, living in Auburn is much cheaper. This is a college town so there isn't any  More