Ain't no sunshine
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12/10/2006
After living here 47 years, here's what I know. PDX is second only in dark days to Alaska. Yes, temperatures are mild year around, but clouds hover over the trees and shut out sunlight for months on end. People say "You have to have rain to keep everything green." As far as I'm concerned, the dreariness is too high a price to pay for green. You'll need to get a light box for your seasonal affective disorder.
The people are neither friendly nor unfriendly in Portland, they're plain old depressed. They don't look at you, because they feel sad inside. For that reason, it is hard to meet people here.
Since I was 18 I've said that men in Portland would rather read a paper and have a cup of coffee than be with a woman. No sun fosters asexuality. Single women, this is not the place to meet men.
People visit here in the summer when it's absolutely exquisitely beautiful in August and September. If you can deal with the other ten months of dark clouds and 40 inches of rain, then come to Portland.
Lori | Vancouver, WA