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on Who Are Your Neighbors Now?
Jacob,
They have sushi, REI, bookstores, dogs, Nikes and Starbucks outside of Portland. Most of us were doing those things well before moving here. The Suburu, however, is definitely a Portland thing...
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on Who Are Your Neighbors Now?
Its hard to get a job but easy to start a business. I would never be able to find a job of similar title or pay as the one I left in San Francisco. But I was able to start my own business as a consultant with almost no startup costs. I brought to Portland certain work experience that was relatively uncommon here, and have had little trouble securing enough consulting work to pay my much-lower mortgage, even in the recession.
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on Who Are Your Neighbors Now?
I moved to Portland in 2007 from California for the same reasons many of my neighbors moved here - more reasonably priced real estate and a better lifestyle for raising a family. Before I moved I was warned that Portlanders are tired of Californians moving here and that I might face a negative attitude. Almost 4 years later I have yet to encounter this. My move has lived up to all of my expectations, I live in a great neighborhood and my children are enjoying an idyllic childhood.
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on The Big One
So glad to hear this show. I moved to Portland from California 3 years ago and was surprised that nobody here seems to be worried about earthquakes. I look out on the landscape and see many mountains and even an active volcano right in our backyard - how do people think those things were created? Even if we haven't had a major earthquake here in 200 or even 2000 years, that's a short period of time in the history of the earth.
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