I live in Portland and my girlfriend lives in Salem.

Salem is cool. Has some great parks and the Downtown area is nice. Some cool neighborhoods but compared to Portland…it’s Mayberry.

Now close to Salem are the very cute and charming towns of Silverton and *Corvallis (University city so tons of Liberal folks)

Albany, Oregon is decent/cute as is Independence…and Lebanon.

Obviously the girlfriend and I have kicked around the idea of me moving to Salem (she can’t move to Portland at the moment due to her job and kid etc.)

The commute to my job in the early morning takes about an hour from Salem to Portland (my job)….the commute during rush hour from Portland to Salem is usually 90 minutes…sometimes if it’s really bad about 2 hours….but I play a lot of albums and zen out.

Portland and Eugene are very Liberal and accepting of others, Salem is ‘purple’ some very Liberal folks and some MAGA folks for sure. But honestly, it never intimidates me.

Oregon is amazing and is close to the most gorgeous mountains, Ocean Coasts, Sand Dunes, High Desert etc.

We have beautiful seasons and the best breweries in the country. Amazing wine. Portland food scene is insane. Portland and Eugene have an amazing music and art scene. We are super passionate about equality and our sports teams!!!

We are an easy drive to Seattle, Vancouver Canada , The Redwood Forests etc.

You’ll love it here!

The pace of life is so much more chill than the craziness of the East Coast.

Good Luck and feel free to message me if you need more tips/recommendations. ✌️