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Why I Live in Wilsonville

I live in Wilsonville because I was able to get low income housing here. That has made all the difference. Now my social security payment stretches to cover my monthly expenses instead of just covering rent. I can’t say how grateful I am for my housing situation.

Priced out of Portland

My husband and I have always been hard workers, both growing up on Oregon farms and going to college. We knew how to save money, be frugal, and at 23 I was making enough as a manager to buy a condo in downtown Portland. I thought I was too young and I would buy when I was ready to settle down. We both did Dave Ramsey as young college students. When it came time to settle down Oregon had changed. I no longer got jobs just by applying. My husband had been in the luxury tech design business in the…

Quality Education for my children

We moved here in 2012 so I could attend online nursing school. We could have lived anywhere in Oregon, but I chose Wilsonville because of the quality of the schools. Last week my twins who were at Inza Wood, then Wilsonville High, enrolled at University of Arizona in engineering and science majors. One of them has a $38,000/year engineering scholarship. The Wilsonville schools prepared them to succeed at the highest levels of endeavor in our country.

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Kim Rybold
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almost 7 years ago

Thank you for sharing your story.

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