Going to email you directly Judah... wife and I did a lot of research over the weekend about Portland and really think it is right up our alley. You are about to become my new best friend :-)
-J.J. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > 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:322894 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
