Affordable California Living?? - Beyond Tiki

S seamus Member Portland Joined: May 07, 2003 Posts: 462	S seamus Posted posted on Wed, Aug 13, 2003 10:50 AM Pooka, you got it right. No Jobs. Oregon has the highest unemployment in the country. Portland is bad enough, but being on the coast... forget about it. the few jobs that do come up are practically minimum wage. Portland has doubled in population in the last 10 or 15 yrs , so you can't say people don't want to live there. I have seen prices go way up. If you can find work in Oregon it's a great place to live. The Californian bashing was big in the '80's, but it's not that big of a deal anymore. Probably because every other person is now from California! But Oregon, like most other states has a huge budget crisis and horrible school problems. It seems that for as many people that come here looking for greener pastures, just as many are leaving just looking for a job.

Pooka, you got it right. No Jobs. Oregon has the highest unemployment in the country. Portland is bad enough, but being on the coast... forget about it. the few jobs that do come up are practically minimum wage. Portland has doubled in population in the last 10 or 15 yrs , so you can't say people don't want to live there. I have seen prices go way up. If you can find work in Oregon it's a great place to live. The Californian bashing was big in the '80's, but it's not that big of a deal anymore. Probably because every other person is now from California!
But Oregon, like most other states has a huge budget crisis and horrible school problems. It seems that for as many people that come here looking for greener pastures, just as many are leaving just looking for a job.

Post #47646 by seamus on Wed, Aug 13, 2003 10:50 AM