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Sedro-Woolley, WA vs Portland, ME

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If you like to be wet and soggy with rain this is the place for  More

Sedro Woolley ( pronounced seed-ro wool-ee) has a great climate. We have mild summers and winters too! A little crime but still small city. Close enough to the big  More

I don't have annual rainfall numbers to confirm that, but I wouldn't be surprised, as the Skagit Valley town of Sedro-Woolley is further away from large marine bodies of  More

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More