Portland is a good city
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10/30/2006
I have lived in Portland since 1995 and have lived in Hillsdale, Woodstock/Reed College, and the Alphabet districts -- SE Woodstock is a great location for a middle income household -- There is always lots to do and it never seems to rain enough to prevent outdoor activities (even in the Winter months) It never down-pours like it does in other parts of the country -- If it does rain it tends to be a light mist -- I currently park on the SE side of the Willamette and walk to work to SW 5th or take the fairless square (I bike to work 3/4 of the year)and don't carry an umbrella because it doesn't rain enough to bother -- Housing prices have shot up in the last 3 years but Portland is still very affordable when compared with Seattle, Bend, San Francisco, SoCal or most of the other bigger cites on the West Coast. Walking around downtown Portland is very safe and clean -- I come from the Upper Midwest (Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit) and would not go back unless I really had to. The people that say the Portland has gone downhill or has too many homeless downtown do not know what they are talking about -- The homeless are mostly suburban kids -- If you want a downtown without the homeless, I would suggest Cleveland or Buffalo -- Of course there is no one else downtown either -- Also, when people say that Portland folks aren't friendly they really don't know what they are talking about either -- People in Portland are not fake and are usually pretty helpful -- I have been in Boston and Philly and I can definatley say that the natives there are hostile and don't hold a candle to the Portland natives.
Chad | Portland, OR