Hmm, you make an compelling point, Mr. Badvoodoo. 
The rest of Oregon is so absolutely beautiful and filled with well educated, non incest having people that it would be a shame to ruin  
Independence 
Monmouth 
Silverton 
Boring 
Brownsville 
Philomath 
King's Valley 
Kaiser 
Beaverton 
Coos Bay  
etc 
etc 
  
But seriously, there are nice places here, but the above towns aint it. But still, Salem is A SHIT HOLE, and it's a  perfect place for the seat of power.