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Jefferson, OR vs Michigan City, IN

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I am 21 yrs. old, and have lived in Jefferson most of my life ( about 20 yrs.) It's a nice little town resting on the banks of the Santiam River. The town sign says  More

I’ve lived in Michigan City for over 10 years now(March 2020) and am a native of Northwest Indiana (40 years.) Michigan City is an older town, on Lake Michigan ESE of  More

My in-laws live there. I love to visit the place. Nice people. The city has everything, malls, restaurants, cafes. It's very close to the nature. It's cold in the  More

HUMID and HOT in the June,July, August and bone chilling cold in Dec and Jan. Snow is just crazy...the lake effect snow machine comes right down off lake michigan and  More