Where would you move?

[Really a McQueen]

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Even though the cost of living is a little higher than eastern Washington, I'd say anywhere between Bellingham, WA and Ashland, OR, is a good place to be. My top choices would be Portland, Grants Pass or Astoria Oregon, or anywhere in the Puget Sound area. ...

Unless you are willing to live a bicycle-centric lifestyle in the Portland area, I'd stay away from southern Oregon. I live in Grants Pass, and unless you are independently wealthy, the job market here is the pits. Our 'official' unemployment rate finally dropped below 12%. However, there are a lot of people who have stopped looking for work, or who have exhausted all of their available benefits. The soon-to-open, Home Depot interviewed almost 2,700 applicants for 70 openings (the majority of applicants were interviewed).