Jay, I agree with your comment -- but at my age, I doubt skiing would be be part of my agenda:). Living and thriving in any community depends on the individual. Sperling is a fairly good website that definitely gives the pros and cons of a specific area. For instance, there are are several other areas in the US that I'm familiar with and the comments posted are pretty much right on.
Christine | San Mateo, CA | Report Abuse

Yeah I have visit Portland Oregon before and I really like Portland and the state of Oregon and I also like Washington State too. Portland is a beautiful city because of beautiful parks and gardens. There are a lot of beautiful neighbrhoods with nice houses and some area are very affordable like Beaverton near Portland. There are some run down areas and bad areas but its not like in Houston Tx or Los Angeles area the areas are really bad worse than Portland. There a tons of stuff to do in Portland and near Portland and you can go skiing on Mt Hood and go camping near Mt Hood. Huge waterfall and its a beautiful waterfall about 30 miles east of Portland. Yeah a lot houses have big window and skyglass to let in a lot of lights. Late spring,summer and early fall the weather is really nice and comfortable and sunny most of the time. Winter is cloudy and wet but not always because I remember seeing some sunny days during winter. Don't listen to these negative comments because these people are negative people and the happy people are too busy having fun and enjoy life in Portland and don't even look at this website but there are some positive comments about Portland that I like reading.
Jay | Leander, TX | Report Abuse

I was planning on moving there soon but am not sure now with many negative reviews. Can you please email me timesvolent@gmail.com if you know of a great location there or around the Portland area, for a person to move. If you have time and wish to only. Thanks.
Craig | Council Bluffs, IA | Report Abuse