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HAY GUYS.
I think I have finally talked my wife into moving to Portland, OR this coming summer. We'll be visiting probably in late may and hopefully moving not long after.
So I need some help from ALLL the PDX people here:
whats the best part of town to live in?
I don't need any huge frills, just safe, cheap, and good access to the mass transit system.
We need a 2BR house or townhome, preferrably $1100/mo or under.
Mostly, I just value your advice one what neighborhoods to avoid, etc.
Also, anybody got any good advice on moving cross country without going insane and broke? That'd be nice. This will be a 2400mi. journey. | |
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jdg
if i have to drink another cup of stumptown, im gonna throwup
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tantan
Stumptown and Ristretto
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deltasleep
lol. Portland has one coffee shop for every 1400 people!
Nashville has one for every 6800!
Ever see the simpsons where they "gentrify" springfield's nastier neighborhoods? They changed EVERYTHING into a coffee shop. lol
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mlbot
deltasleep said: "
lol. Portland has one coffee shop for every 1400 people!"
sometimes it fells like the other way around.
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jdg
The top 10 cities with the most coffee restaurants per capita, according to the NPD Group:
Anchorage, Alaska: 2.8 coffee shops per 10,000 people
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.: 2.5 shops
San Francisco, Calif.: 2.2 shops
Bellingham, Wash.: 2.1 shops
Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash.: 2 shops
Bremerton, Wash.: 1.9 shops
Boulder-Longmont, Colo.: 1.8 shops
Olympia, Wash.: 1.8 shops
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, Calif.: 1.6 shops
Santa Rosa, Calif.: 1.5 coffee shops per 10,000 people
The NPD Group says the top 10 cities with the greatest number of coffee shops are:
Los Angeles-Long Beach, with 801 shops
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, with 628
Chicago, Ill., with 568
New York, with 525
Portland-Vancouver, with 419
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., with 384
Washington, D.C. area, with 379
San Francisco with 373
San Diego with 344
Orange County, Calif., with 326 coffee shops
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Roshi
That's 419 people I have to fight off every morning to get my damn espresso
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Roshi
Wait, I read that rong
09/07/07
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Highdropod
there are alot of neighborhoods within neighborhoods all over town that are great places to live. i'm looking forward to meeting you at one show or another. the em scene gets a little bigger every month here, and it's quite supportive for the most part.
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opticecho
If you can afford it, SE pdx is great. I'm in the Hawthorne/Mt Tabor area and am renting a really nice house. Not many clubs per say, but the Bagdad Theater (beer 2nd run movies microbrew) and many places to eat are great. Mt Tabor park is huge too, which is a plus in my book. Good luck on the move ...
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deltasleep
we're not really the club kind of people- in fact, we're not even very social people. So we need a city that might encourage us to have a little more friends or be more social.
And we are major foodies, so we want access to all the good seafood, produce, and local variety that you have in portland. Sounds like you have a few really nice farmers markets?
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ignatius
i'm not very social either but have found more than one circle of friends to travel in. lot's of chilled out dinner parties and BBQ's seem to happen here more than anywhere i've lived.
and yeah. lot's of great food stuffs around.
09/08/07
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mapmap
I love living in N.Portland. I've lived in the Mississippi/Boise (pronounced like the "oice" in voice, with a B in front) area for almost 7 years. It's a pretty great area. lots of stuff walking distance and only takes 2 min to get downtown.
that part of North Portland that Ignatius lives in is pretty great too. close to the light rail + a good natural foods store.
please avoid deep SE Portland. not just to live there... but in general.
see you in the spring!!!
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utofbu
Im bookmarking this blog so when I move to portland next year I will have a reference.
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mulletballet
People *are* friendly here, just don't tell them you're from California and you're good. ;)
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everamzah
ew! portland? as in oregon? dont do it dude, don't. do. it. u dont want to be associated with those assholes!
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