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Veneta, OR vs Lynden, WA

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I've lived here 16 years, and I still think it's a nice place. It's rural, but only 20 miles from Eugene. We have a reservoir for boating and fishing, and we can drive  More

Moved from Metro Philadelphia. We looked at 10 communities in the following states Del, Tenn, AZ , PA, Tex, NM, ID, WA. We narrowed it down to two great towns  More

I've lived all over the country and Washington has some of the unfriendliest and angriest people I've met. I was told to avoid Lynden and move to Bellingham because  More

I never fully appreciated Lynden until I moved away and came back again. It wasn't until then that I realized what a wonderful, safe and friendly community Lynden really  More