2007-01-30 14:04:50 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Portland
I hug trees,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2007-01-30 14:14:50 · update #1
I am from Eugene, OR, born and raised. I lived in California for 3 years for school, and unfortunately just had to move to Illinois (but hope to move back to the west coast in a few years).
If you are outdoorsy, you will LOVE Oregon. I am not at all an outdoors sort of person, and I love it! Yes, it can get wet, but Seattle gets much more rain. I've heard Oregon called "God's Country" by many people - not a single one of them from Oregon.
Eugene is a very liberal town - there are quite a few hippie-type people here, which can be wonderful or a bad thing depending upon your point of view. The coast is one hour away. The University of Oregon is located in Eugene, and there is a small symphony as well. The people here are pretty laid back, and it's a pretty safe community. Track/walking/biking is VERY big here - Eugene is known as "track town USA", and the city has more miles of bike paths than any city in the country (or at least it once did).
I don't know as much about Portland - I was born there, but don't get up there very often. The city itself is a bit over half a million in population, though the metro area is over 2 million. Public transportation is very good - in addition to buses, they have the MAX which is a light-rail system that serves Portland and the outlying areas. There's several concert venues in town, the Oregon Symphony is based there, Portland Opera, and the University of Portland and Portland State are in the city as well as a few other small colleges. One big attraction - for book lovers, at least - is Powell's Books, the largest independent bookseller in the world, whose flagship store occupies an entire city block.
Vancouver is just over the river in Washington, and Seattle is about 3 hours away, too.
Work can be hard to find depending upon what kind of work you're looking for. If you take a look at the Oregon Employment Department's website, you can see what kind of offerings are available at the moment in different industries and in different cities.
Good luck! :)
2007-01-31 19:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by aeshamali 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wandering about Portland, Oregon- where, come to find it, it's not that easy to find someone that was actually born here. I'm not really sure where all Original Portlanders went. Talk about a BigFoot phenom, but these original Portlanders are droping like flies and are being replaced by over-the-top Californians, Arizonians (no idea what their called besides- Pro Central Airers) and the random people from the East Coast that trickle into our mecca of the individual.
Portland is an awesome place to live and explore. Although, it does rain here alot during the fall and winter. We, OP's (Original Portlanders), don't mind a few months of rain; we know that when the clouds separate and spring comes we'll have the most amazing backdrop of blue skies, bright flowers and air will be as sweet as a fat man on a sugar farm.
P.S. for all those people who just can't pronounce oregon; it's Ory-gun. For all that believe Portland is depressing because it rains and we all wear flannel shirts - That's Seattle dumbass. Seattle is where the stick goes so far up their asses that it sprouts from their ears, which is way all the "ladies" run to the salon.
2007-02-02 12:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-13 04:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by killeen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oregon is a big state. It depends on what part you're going to move to. Portland has a nice downtown area but most things are shut down by midnight on the weekends.
Summer has some beautiful weather. It can be cold and damp in the winter though. You just have to learn to ignore it and go do stuff anyway.
That's my 2 cents worth.
2007-01-30 15:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by nickscalero 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
My husband and I moved here in December and we love it! Just make sure that you have a job all lined up as well as back ups. The weather isn't always rainy and it is a helluva lot better than the below zero weather that we came from in Minnesota. Good luck with your future endeavors!
2007-02-02 17:41:21 · answer #5 · answered by cerridwen1983 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We just moved here ( Portland area ) about 4 months ago from Central California.........and LOVE it !!!! It is very green and hilly, tons of things to do and see. People are very nice and polite, it's pretty liberal.....and just about anything goes. The shopping is awesome (no sales tax either), ocean and mountains are about an hour away, mass transit rocks, greenbelts and parks everywhere. Lots of galleries, opera, concerts, ballet etc. Also, they love their beer, organic foods, farmers markets and dogs everywhere !!!! So, whatever it is you are looking for, it's here. And for the rain....so what !......it keeps things green and the dust down ! I'd say.........go try it.....you can always move again. Good luck !!!!
2007-01-31 13:03:57 · answer #6 · answered by Sauerkraut 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
portland is good... there are a lot of those damn commies running around, but they are pretty harmless... just don't let them get outside of Oregon.
uhm this is a good resource for night life:
www.nwtekno.org
things don't shut down like the person said above...
they are just clueless and don't know where to go...
probably from the suberbs...
everyone rides bikes here too... which can be cool and also a pain if you are trying to driving through town...
excellent wine, lots of young people, lots of good resturants, tons of good skateboarding.
The only thing that bugs me is there are 2 huge volcanos close by and we are due for a huge earth quake... besides that it is a nice place to live
2007-02-01 15:35:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oregon is depressing it rains all the time and the economy is depressing and the price of living and homes are overpriced. I am a native Oregonian that left about a year ago. Otherwise Portland is not a big city with not much to do. There is only a couple things I do miss and that is the public transportation you basically don't need a car to get around cause there is busses and the max everywhere and then I miss the hills and mountains. Otherwise I now live in Houston Texas wich is alot bigger city and state then Portland Oregon and I have no regrets of leaving my native state and home town of Beaverton.
2007-01-30 18:36:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
Well, I live on the coast and absolutely love it...what kind of questions did you want answered? All I can say is, try it...
2007-02-01 22:25:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's rainy, cold, depressing, and a lot of weird tree-huggers...Not my style...
2007-01-30 14:12:21 · answer #10 · answered by mr.peanut7287 2 · 3⤊ 5⤋