Oregon A Good Place to Move To?

[hollaatmenow]

So yeah I live in NorCal (one hour north of San Francisco) and you know it's definitely becoming a place of corruption. I don't want to get too into it, but I just want a different state or city that's more affordable... somewhere that's just really different, but also similar. I mean, the US in general is never too much different no matter where you go, but I want a different place that's cheaper to live in. Living here in Northern California, there are tons of people I know from Oregon and lots of people who praise Oregon here, and a lot of people say the people there are more laid back and whatnot. First I wanted to go to Texas because it's affordable and has some good universities, but I ruled that out because it's too far and I think Texas would get really boring, even if it does seem like a state with a booming economy.

So I know there's a quite few people here from the Pacific Northwest. What is Portland, OR like? I want a city that has a lot of good Asian restaurants in the area, a city that has stuff that usually caters to young people (a music venue around would be good), a decent community college... but what's really important is just a place with affordable living.

Is Portland good?  What about WA state?

[Philip K Dick]

portland is pretty neat

[rtil]

if i was gonna move to oregon i'd move to portland - i need to be by a big city , and that is the only real city in oregon.

[cipher]

I've spend most of the past two years in Oregon, although very little time in Portland. However I can vouch for the fact that it's pretty cool city, and I generally hate cities. As far as affordability goes, well the place I am is very cheap, although I grew up in LA, so maybe it's just more normal here.

[Philip K Dick]

Portlandia 2X05 Bad Art Good Walls