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Old 07-28-2021, 06:33 PM
 
Location: Santa Fe
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I will be moving to Salem in about 3 weeks and teaching in a high school. Leaving all my friends and community behind is a bit daunting. I am approaching 50 faster than 40 and am curious, how easy it is to meet new people? I am happy I'll be in a large school so hope to connect with colleagues but some places are simply more welcoming to newbies than others.
Any thoughts are appretiated!
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Old 08-05-2021, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Northern California
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Sorry to see that no one has answered you. I don't live in Oregon (but hope to do so someday).
But perusing the other posts in this forum should be useful. I have noticed that a number of people
say to steer clear of northeast Salem.
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Old 08-05-2021, 05:54 PM
 
Location: Salem, OR
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Well, this is a hard question to answer. If you don't go out and do things, it will be hard to meet people. Since you are a teacher, you will have that group of people to get to know and then whatever your other interests are.
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Old 08-06-2021, 09:23 AM
 
Location: Oregon Coast
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I will be moving to Salem in about 3 weeks and teaching in a high school. Leaving all my friends and community behind is a bit daunting. I am approaching 50 faster than 40 and am curious, how easy it is to meet new people? I am happy I'll be in a large school so hope to connect with colleagues but some places are simply more welcoming to newbies than others.
Any thoughts are appretiated!
Okay, I'm confused. Are you moving to Salem or are you moving to St. Helens? You have said in recent posts that you have jobs in both places and are moving to both cities. So which city are you moving to?

Anyway, you say you will be working in a large school, so I would guess you will meet a lot of other people there. Jobs are where I have met most of the people I have known in my life.
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Old 08-17-2021, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Santa Fe
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Sorry to see that no one has answered you. I don't live in Oregon (but hope to do so someday).
But perusing the other posts in this forum should be useful. I have noticed that a number of people
say to steer clear of northeast Salem.
Thank you!
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Old 08-17-2021, 06:12 PM
 
Location: Salem, OR
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Thank you!
This advice is from someone that doesn't live here.

NE Salem covers a huge swath of the city. When people say "avoid NE Salem" they generally mean avoid Northgate. Northgate is one of the higher crime neighborhoods in Salem, but there are many great areas that have a NE address that are not that neighborhood. So if you see a NE address you don't have to necessarily avoid it. There are some excellent, highly desirable neighborhoods, like Jan Ree, Grant, Laurel Park, Englewood, etc that all have NE addresses.
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Old 08-18-2021, 12:07 AM
 
Location: Was Midvalley Oregon; Now Eastside Seattle area
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Don't think you will have problems. JMO
People always respond favorably to outgoing people.
Schools are relatively large and built to last.
When our's attended the Performing Arts programs were very good. Academic program was pretty good too.
Show your self to be seen.
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