“Don’t Move Here" is a photo documentary about population growth in the city of Bend Oregon. Bend had the tenth highest population increase by percentage among U.S. cities between 2010 and 2020 (US Census Bureau). I experienced the city’s growth firsthand after moving to Bend in 2020. The town’s intense and rapid development made population growth feel like the crux of everyone’s experience there. Residents constructed their identity around how long they had lived in Bend, news media frequently covered stories on growth (and this coverage was heavily commented on in social media), and casual conversation often revolved around the cultural changes produced by this growth. “Don’t Move Here” documents this growth through photographs of Bend’s environment and residents. These photographs attend to the specific and observable markers of change in Bend in order to thoughtfully explore the causes and effects of population growth and attitudes towards that growth. Ultimately this project invites the consideration of particular, nuanced, and lived aspects of Bend’s population growth.