bad weather exaggerated
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10/2/2006
I've lived in Portland for over 2.5 years. I moved here from San Diego. I had hoped the weather would be a milder version of North Europe's. The summers are too hot and too sunny here! It's hotter here than the coastal littoral of southern California [coast to 15 miles inland]. It's like El Cajon or San Fernando Valley, and without any cooling fogs or overcast.
The winters are mild, like a slightly cooler Northern California winter weather. For some strange reason 60 degrees in Portland is like 70 degrees in So. Cal, and 80 is like 90 etc There has been no snow since I've been here, and only one day of freezing rain per winter. It only seems a little rainier or cloudier than gloomy So. Cal. in spring during the short mild winters here. They don't have adequate A/C which makes the summers uncomfortable.
The city has had a huge influx of people in the short time I've been here. It's sad to see it go the way of Seattle and California. I bet in 5 years it'll be just like those places. I have to seek out another place to move to to stay ahead of the crowd.
William | Portland, OR