I live in Portland, Oregon and am a many generation Oregonian. I've got a bunch of friends in Seattle as well and have spent some time there. I know that Jerry Johnson, from this list, used to live in Portland.
What do you want to know about the Northwest? Portland and Seattle are definitely "green" in both the sense that it is very verdant and in the ecological sense. Good mass transit (more so in Portland than Seattle), lots of bike culture, vibrant local music scene, wide selection of local beers, wines, cheeses, lots of farmers markets and coops, 2 chickens in every back yard, etc. As Larry mentioned, there is a lot of cloudiness and rain in Portland and Seattle. However, summer is absolutely gorgeous. From 4th of July to late September it is most commonly in the 80s to low 90s with low humidity and lots of sun pretty much every day. And things are still green due to the moist surroundings the other 9 months. But a lot of people don't realize that there is a lot more to Oregon and Washington than Portland and Seattle. The Cascade mountains divide Western and Eastern Oregon/Washington and create a very different climate both meteorologicaly and socially. The southeast portion of Oregon is a pretty vast high desert climate with mesas, wild mustangs and big cattle ranches. The rolling hills of the Palouse in Eastern Washington is utterly different than green-gray moistness of Seattle. So what size city are you looking for? What activities do you like? What sort of vibe are you looking for in a place to live? Feel free to ask away here or privately and I'll be glad to answer any questions you have. And if you and the wife come out for a visit, I'll gladly show you around and buy the first pint of your beverage of choice. Cheers, Judah On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:07 AM, J.J. Merrick <j...@jeremiahx.com> wrote: > > Since we are on the topic... > > Any of you live up in the Northeast? My wife piped up and said the > other day, out of the blue, and said "let's move to Washington or > Oregon"... She was reading in a blog about Seattle and how green it > tends to be. We are fairly liberal "organic" people and Nashville > Southern hospitality is starting to run it's course. I work remotely > so location doesn't matter to my job. > > > So what is it like up there? > > J.J. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322696 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
