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Portland, OR vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- The average commute for residents of Poughkeepsie is 0.7% shorter than it is for residents of Portland.
- 68.6% fewer residents of Poughkeepsie work from home compared to residents of Portland.
 Portland, ORPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
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 Commute Mode
 Portland, ORPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Auto (alone)53.8%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock12.3%8.6%
 Mass Transit9.6%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.7%0.5%
 Walk5.1%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock5.6%9.7%
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 Portland, ORPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.7%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock16.9%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.11.2%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock13.3%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.18.2%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock5.4%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.16.5%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock2.0%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.4.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock4.3%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.4.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock3.8%2.9%
Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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