Portland is wonderful
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6/16/2007
We moved here almost exactly one year ago from the midwest, and my wife and I still look at each other and say "can you believe we live here?" I've lived in several major metropolitan areas including Boston, Chicago and St. Louis, and I've been chuckling at the negative comments here about rain, unfriendliness, "godless liberals" and drug use. We live ten minutes from downtown in a postcard-perfect neighborhood (indie rock meets norman rockwell) and i work downtown. This is a clean, very liveable city with great mass transit. I guess if you're conservative, this probably isn't the place for you. But if you are a fair, open-minded person with moderate to progressive values, you will love this city. As for the rain, it's really overhyped. It does get steadily overcast and misty starting in October through January, but it's VERY temperate, and by February, the rain showers are interrupted by sunshine and blooming flowersl By july through september, it's the most gorgous weather imaginable with unlimited outdoor activities within two hours in any direction.
Mark | Portland, OR