Post #73956 by Kim on Sun, Feb 1, 2004 9:21 PM

Well, a few TCers live here... Tikitronic & TikiMaxton are involved in design & advertising, but the job market here is not good. On the other hand, I understand SF isn't great either, and Portland's housing is much, much cheaper.

The rain is somewhat lame, true, but it's not anywhere near as bad as Seattle or farther north. And summers are very nice, sunny, 80-90 degrees. The good news is that, unlike Seattle & north WA, you don't get unremitting grey for weeks on end. The weather breaks most days.

The neighborhood we live in is family-friendly and extremely walkable-- inner SE. However, good-sized houses near here run $200,000-350,000 (nice 3-4 bedroom places). We rent, so mrtikibar & TikiMaxton might be better resources for housing prices. I'm not sure about schools-- you may have read about Oregon's budget issues, which are effecting the education system pretty negatively right now. Portland's public schools are suffering particularly badly. However, Oregon historically has pretty decent public schools, so I am still hoping that it turns around when the economy picks up.