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Bend, Bend, Bend why is that all I ever hear about is people moving to Bend. I moved to Oregon in 2006 from NW Washington. My wife and I had been looking at Bend for about six years previous to our move but decided it had grown way to much to interest us by the time we were ready to move. We choose Hood River instead and I am so glad we did. I think it has everyting Bend has to offer, great biking, skiing and outdoor recreation of all kinds plus the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. Keep moving to Bend everybody and hopefully that will keep Hood River from having the many problems Bend is having.

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First, I moved to Oregon in 2006 from NW Washington. I do a very similar job here to what I did when I left my job in Washington to move here. I make less than 1/2, on an hourly basis, of what I was paid at my job in Washington. One of the reasons is that I work for the State of Oregon here but worked for a private employer in Washington, so I get a big laugh out of all of the people who complain about how overpaid state of Oregon employees are.

Second, the first thing I noticed when I moved to Oregon is how many fewer people have a higher level of education than high school and how much less willing the people of Oregon and the state of Oregon seems to be to fund education, at all levels, than what I experienced in Washington. There is no doubt in my mind that this factor alone accounts for a great deal of the difference in wage levels that we experience in this state.

Darrell Roberts

Hood River, OR

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