Starting over, need advice on new job / life

[air1]

Vancouver is across the river from north Portland. Depending where you live in Vancouver and where you are traveling to in Portland, the drive can be 30 min. to 2 hours during rush hours. Vancouver is a bedroom community for Portland. No nightlife to speak of. But Portland is right across the river and lots going on in Portland. You should visit the area. You will either love it or hate it. But you will know right away. If you have to live in a city, Portland IMHO is the best place to live. Low crime rate and friendly people. The idea situation would be to live close to where you work and not have to drive from job to job. All the benefits of living in the city without the down side of sitting in traffic half your life.

[R12rules]

Forget bass, when you have a steelhead on your line ... bass is just a four letter word!!!

Portland is really the only "Big City" type city in Oregon.

Even the State Capital is small in comparison to what someone thinks a city shold be like.

Eugene is the second largest city in the State.

It's no longer the neat place like when I lived there. It's changed.
But if your used to Detroit or Chicago, Eugene is a Godsend.

[alikair]

How would you compare Seattle to portland?

[air1]

I’ve heard Portland described as a small city with a big city smile. Seattle is a big city.

[air1]

[tin_fab]

You might even find a job doing digital or ANALOG control work. High tech area..lol

[alikair]

Thanks for the pic air1, I must say, thats a real nice looking town! Much nicer looking then Seattle

[coldspot]

I am interested in talking with you, Heres my tel, no 702-273-9007 Don. please give me a call.

[DeltaT]

In Seattle you could find a job of your choice but the housing prices are unbelievable and so is the costs of living. South of Seattle in best as most things down there are still close to reasonable, depending on what kind of work you want to do.

The traffic here is almost as bad as the major large cities. When I go into Seattle in the morning, about 15 miles, it can take 45 to 2 hours to get there. One traffic accident and it's a line of stop light in front of you.

The average small home in Seattle is over $400,000 with starter homes, if you can find them in the other counties at about $250,000.

Compared to where I come from, the east coast, the people here are remote and distant. You just won't make friends. And the single women are pretty bad although there are lots of them.

The new licensing laws are very restrictive and expensive and difficult to get. You now must be a mini-electrician to work anywhere in Washington State. And if you decide to open your own business the additional licensing and time and costs are extreme.

I have the same problem you have. I would love to move somewhere where life is reasonable and affordable and the people are friendly but I have yet to find that place. And my business keeps me really busy. And the stuff I work on just can't be found in this amount anywhere else.

Maybe the gold is right in your own back yard. If you do find that place, let me know. I might be interested.

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[Edited by BC1 on 01-31-2005 at 12:50 PM]

[mike3]

Portland paper is full of jobs. As for low crime rate I think there is quite a bit of crime. I subscribe to a local paper and it list crimes in 3 or 4 communities. Housing is really starting to take a hike,but rents are pretty low. Not a bad place to live. Daughter has been there 20 years. Property taxes pretty high