Post #47985 by seamus on Fri, Aug 15, 2003 2:13 PM

Thanks AC and Dawn, your points are well taken. The longer this thread continues, the more I really do appreciate our situation. I guess I'm just looking for a similar type situation in a better (more strategic) location. We might just end up moving up the coast a little ways. There are better towns to live in on the Oregon coast than where we are that are around an hour and a half from Portland. A few of them are actually experiencing growth as people flee the rising cost of the city. And if you know where and what to look for, there are still amazing deals to be had. We have many friends in Portland and if we were a little closer I don't think we'd feel quite as isolated in the land of mullets, meth and motorhomes.
Alot remains to be seen. We've got a couple of trips to make, and we have no idea how hard it might be to sell our home in this bad economy. I will also be launching a new, proper website soon that will help w/ my "marketing issues". And yes, there's always the earthquake issue. I have thought of that before. My LA friends have told me in the past that the best time to move there is right after an earthquake.
It was 93 in Portland yesterday and here it was about 70. We went upriver a few miles and it was in the mid 80's. The water was warm . It was great!