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Independence, OR vs Longview, WA

#7 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#7 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

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#54 Best Green Cities

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#82 2005 High Gas Prices

#100 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#141 2005 Best Places to Live

#43 Emerging Metropolitan Areas

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For a town of ~9k people the amenities are good; this is also helped by state college Western Oregon University in the neighboring city of Monmouth(all within a 3-mile  More

Independence is a small town with a friendly feel. Great place to live if you want to get away from the fast pace of a big city. After living here for eight years  More

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More