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Good luck finding contractors User Rating 3.5 rating By Anonymous ( May 16, 2024) Overall a nice place to live. However, for full-time residents it is very difficult to find reliable, responsive, and reasonably priced contractors to work on your home. They are either way over-pricing themselves or coming from the valley and you are last on their list. Hint to ...Read More local contractors: Stop with the price gouging! Not everyone who lives here full-time is loaded! This is our permanent home. Read Less
I raised my daughters there their whole life got good memories User Rating 4 rating By Anonymous ( Jul 08, 2018) Awesome place to live and visit whether sucks most of the time but it is really beautiful when nice community comes together when needed for each other awesome sun sets ...Read More Read Less
The Heart of the Oregon Coast User Rating 3 rating By a.wechter ( Apr 02, 2014) Newport is a lovely town, with lots of local charm. The ocean views are beautiful, the greenery is lush and foresty. However, there is a huge amount of homeless and tweakers. Very unfortunate. It's very much a tourist town so there's lots of fun things to do but only if you're wi ...Read More lling to spend a good amount of cash. For locals, things get old pretty quick, and the cost of living is only good if you have a good income. Lots of people are low income though, and can't afford much of anything around here. People don't know how to drive unless it's sunny and warm outside, which is rare. The violence and crime rates are pretty high, too. Read Less
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The Heart of the Oregon Coast User Rating 3 rating By a.wechter ( Apr 02, 2014) Newport is a lovely town, with lots of local charm. The ocean views are beautiful, the greenery is lush and foresty. However, there is a huge amount of homeless and tweakers. Very unfortunate. It's very much a tourist town so there's lots of fun things to do but only if you're wi ...Read More lling to spend a good amount of cash. For locals, things get old pretty quick, and the cost of living is only good if you have a good income. Lots of people are low income though, and can't afford much of anything around here. People don't know how to drive unless it's sunny and warm outside, which is rare. The violence and crime rates are pretty high, too. Read Less

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      D- Amenities

      Are there many local amenities in Newport? Well, there are not many amenities close to this location.

      Parks

      Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site
      Founding Rock Park
      Mike Miller County Park
      Literacy Park
      Coast Park
      Don & Ann Davis Park
      Frank V. Wade Park
      Big Creek Park

      Entertainment

      Education Wing
      Hatfield Visitors Center
      Oregon Coast Aquarium
      The Aviary
      Baystreet Pier
      Abbey Street Pier
      Ripley's Believe It or Not!
      Newport Performing Arts Center

      Food & Drink

      Rogue Ales’ Public House
      Barge Inn Tavern
      Newport Candy Shop
      2 Kids Candy Store
      Doodlebugs
      Noble Estate
      BierOne
      Wolf Tree Brewery Taproom

      F Commute

      Is public transit available in Newport? Of all people who commute, 0.8% take public transportation in Newport.
      Drive to Work
      68%

      8% lower than the US average

      Take Public Transit
      1%

      4% lower than the US average

      Walk to Work
      6%

      3% higher than the US average

      B Health & Safety

      Is Newport a healthy and safe place to live? Yes, there are some hospitals, police and fire stations.

      Hospitals

      Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital

      Pharmacies

      Rite Aid
      Walmart Pharmacy

      Doctors