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Salem, VA vs Beaverton, OR

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#1 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#2 America's Top Hygge Cities

#2 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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#6 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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#8 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#9 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

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#12 2005 Best Places to Live

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#35 Most Energetic Cities

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#47 America’s Manliest Cities

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#50 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

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#70 America's Migraine Hot Spots

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#76 2005 High Gas Prices

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When we moved from Glen Allen VA to Salem I had read on here that cost of living including housing was cheaper. Housing is less unless you want a house bigger than 1300  More

Salem is a lovely town surrounded by the beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains. Spring, Summer and Fall is exceptionally beautiful with moderate climate and lots of  More

Beaverton is a great place to live and raise a family. It's gotten much more expensive and much more congested, but so has the rest of the country. Overall, it's still  More

used to be fantastic! moved here 25 years ago. at that time beaverton schools were 2nd in the nation. cost of living was low, great paying jobs, and low traffic. Liberal  More

Looks like we will be making Oregon our home. Where are some places that are up and coming with cute downtown, or possibly could be? Lower housing prices, but you can  More