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Port Ludlow, WA vs Birch Bay, WA

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

#3 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#3 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#7 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

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

#38 2005 Best Places to Live

#46 Best Green Cities

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

We spent five years looking within a 90 drive from Seattle. We retired in PL two years ago. I have lived in Asia, up and down the East Coast of the US and in CA. We  More

love Port Ludlow! It is the best. however, master plan community is primarily retirees that are discretionary buyers and live in denial of the reality of our current  More

No place is perfect, in fact very few are. But if we want the most drinkable water, cleanest air, and beautiful view. Stand back, this could be the place for you. We  More

over priced  More

Moderate weather year round. If you can deal with five months of gray and drizzle its a good place to  More

Birch Bay/Blaine,just might be the best kept secret in America. Never gets to hot, or cold. Small town next to the Canadian  More