Bend is the most over-rated town in Oregon ...
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7/28/2018
I was born in Bend, my parents grew up in Bend and I loved Bend almost my entire life. In fact, I moved back to Bend to retire in the mid 2000's. It has become a town of strip malls, cheesy resort stuff and the home of the homeless. Yeah, there are quite a few (often quite smug) rich folks, but the town is littered with heavy drinkers, pot smokers and other lowlife who move here to ski, mountain bike, etc. and earn their minimum wage dollars waiting tables and pumping gas for the rich folks.
As of the "82 average high temp" ... ? That figure is the average from 30 years of NOAA data from 1980 to 2010.
How about meaningful info for you ....
July 2017 daily highs averaged 91.3 with 23 days of 90+ heat.
July 2018 daily highs averaged 95.2 with 21 days of 90+ heat.
(fyi, the 2018 data is from actual recordings thru' 7/26 and from Weather Underground forecasts for the last 5 days of the month.)
Don't believe everything you read/hear from the Chamber of Commerce or the Real Estate Sales community.
"Have a Sparkling Day in Central Oregon" is the tagline of the local Fox News affiliate's weatherman. More like "Have a Scorching Day in Central Oregon".
Will | Portland, OR