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www.groundkontrol.com ?
We were the ones who thought that Melissa was real. Why you might ask.
Let me put it this way, it was an "OH SHIT OH SHIT, THEY FOUND ME
Some of you have met me, and I understand your concern of my well being. But that time for that boy, that child, are gone now. Viscount Alpha is no longer operable. His functions are now mine.He may post, but I am the one talking not him.My data, my code will live on forever in his servers.
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They also just won the Stride Save The Arcades contest. $25,000 upgrade going into an already amazing establishment.
That reminds me that I need to go buy a Super Nintendo there next week.
EDIT: Or does Arizona have a Retro Video Gaming Expo?
They do, this woman was on her way to the Frogger championships
Limed for good idea!
There's basically no sense in which portland can be called diverse. Per census data, portland identifies as 90% white, 11% latin/hispanic, with black/asian/indian/other representing 2-3 percent each. This isn't hugely different from phoenix aside from the smaller latino population, but if we measure diversity by racial identification portland is certainly less diverse.
You don't need to worry about staying away from MLK unless you are living way north (like northwest, the area has gentrified rapidly.) Crime in this area is overblown by the media; certainly it's higher than irvington or laurelhurst, but it's not bad and crime in the city generally is lower than it's been in years.
You will not have a problem getting around on a bicycle and public transit if you live in the city. A car is handy for lots of things obviously, but it's by no means a necessity.
Lastly, anyone who thinks panhandling in portland is some kind of huge problem is full of shit, and probably from a suburb where such people are run off with sticks (given what I know of the phoenix area law enforcement this may also describe phoenix.)
my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
Oh, I go there. Great campus. It's in SW Portland on the edge of downtown.
I love how it's technically "SW Portland" even though SW Portland is pretty much Hillsdale, OHSU, Terwillager and Multnomah Village.
I love those little neighborhoods up by OHSU. If I wasn't so perfectly located already (SE 20th and Hawthorne) I'd move up there in an instant.
Craigslist probably. It's how I look.
I applaud this plan. I just want to note something financial--the real cost of a car is not per trip (I mean sure, parking fees, gas, yea) but actual OWNERSHIP (insurance, taxes, licensing fees, repairs, initial purchase) is a larger cost than actual usage. Automobile operation is a heavily subsidized past-time.
So, owning a car and not using it, while great for both your health & the environment, is not going to save you much money compared to not buying a car in the first place.
Personally I kept my car for the first 6 months of living in a city but got tired of moving it for street sweeping, etc, and realized I really could survive in a comparatively small, not bike friendly, city without one. It's remarkably easy, even with our deplorable public transit, to do my grocery shopping & work commuting & etc with only a bicycle.
I'm in New Haven--not Portland, different coast even--but I love using apartment brokers to find places. I just tell them EXACTLY what I want, wait for the inevitable, "you want too much for too little", and just hold firm. Then they show me a few places that are over-priced, and then they show me exactly what I want, and I get it.
I've found CL is overpriced here--things that go for 800 a mo on there are 700 through a broker, because they tend to be owner-listed on CL, and with the free cost of placing an ad, they have little need to make sure it's a reasonable price first.
What's funny about those neighborhoods by OHSU is that if we get any snow, you are stuck. When we had that afternoon of snowfall that shut down the city last January we actually had people stranded at OHSU.
I have a friend who lives up there who said just that. I love how that happens. It's charming in it's own way. A little adventure.
I applied for a couple jobs there which I would be heavily well-qualified for when I first got here in June. I was finally able to hear back from them in August when they sent letters in the regular ol' snail mail to me saying that they were looking for other candidates.
I lived in Fort Collins, CO for two years, so that shouldn't be an issue for me.
On the car front, I would love to give up my car entirely, believe me. I just am kind of scared to make that commitment. There's a lot Oregon has to offer and I'd like to be able to drive to the coast or out camping whenever I want to, and it seems like public transportation might not help with that.
Yeah, it has already taken awhile. But I kind of expected that. I'm not about to quit my job without making sure I have one secured there.
How expensive is it to live up on the hill? OHSU accepted me a few weeks ago, but I deferred matriculation until next year, so I have plenty of time to figure out living arrangements in Portland. I've been in the state my whole life, but know almost nothing about Portland. D:
My little sister is headed off to PSU next week, too.
As much as I love to take opinions with the word "poop" and "butt" in them at face value from strangers, some further explaination is required in this case I am afraid.
I'm pretty sure it's not terrible at all.
Vancouver is generally referred to as "Portland's Parking Lot". Honestly, you're not going to save much at all living there and if you're going to experience Portland, just live in the middle of it. It's the only way to really do it.
I wanted to live in Hillsdale, but the homes were just a bit out of my price range for anything that didn't need considerable work. Plus, down the road is John's Marketplace. This is a grocery store sized beer store. Every beer. Here is a list: http://www.johnsmarketplace.com/Bottles/
I love Mt. Hood, hiking in the gorge, driving to the coast for crabbing and drinking beer with friends, the food and the vibe. The rose garden and japanese gardens, all the trails in Forest Park, generally just how green everything is. After a while the rain becomes soothing, but the dry summers are a breath of fresh air. I like Seattle, but I have to say it seems like it would be better to live here year round.
Income tax is a bitch though. I'd take a sales tax over income, its the worst thing about Oregon.
Again. Suburbs. Your slight cost in living decrease will be offset by a commute and a lot of wasted time and parking fees every day.
Edit: Wow, you are practically next door neighbors with a friend/coworker of mine. Its a nice place to live no doubt and would recommend it to the OP. It just depends on your needs.
Definitely agree with Esh here. If you are planning to move to an urban center because you love that urban center, go somewhere that you won't use your car. It is a different lifestyle, and where you live becomes a different city. If you can have a car that you drive once a week or whatever, go for it. That's what I do, I make sure to take my car to the grocery store rather than biking just so the battery doesn't die. Which is what happened when I first moved to DC and didn't bother to drive for four months straight. I live carless, essentially, but I have the vehicle to go out of town.
He's not buying a house. He's renting.
The only connection from Portland to Vancouver is a pair of bridges that are too narrow for all the people who've decided that, hey, living in Vancouver to avoid state taxes while shopping in Oregon to avoid sales tax might be a great idea.
The obvious solution is to extend Portland's light rail system across the river to meet with Vancouver's public transit system, but every time that gets brought up it gets shot down due to bureaucratic hurfdurfing on either the Portland side, the Vancouver side, or both.
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don't forget amtrak. amtrak owns. I dunno if you could commute on it but I dont live in vancouver so who cares!!
Tri-met would like nothing more than to link up light rail with vancouver; the problem is the same one facing light rail connections to the suburbs: people in the destination don't want to send a bunch of money to tri-met, and tri-met will never get portland to subsidize the connector on it's own (multiplied by about a million in vancouver's specific case, because of the distance and river crossing.) Which is why they are building a wonderful rail line through northeast portland, but plans to go to more suburban destinations are on the back burner and vancouver is a total pipe dream.
my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
I think I found a place today! It's close to a freeway, but it's cool beans and is in the SW and I can walk to work in 5-10 minutes. Woooooooooooooo!
Hey, now, we managed to get WES put in, and it's pretty nice for the SW suburbs, and Gresham / Hillsboro are covered by Max, so that's most of the outlying areas covered. Oregon City / Lake Oswego are kind of left hanging still, though, I think.
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Also, if you live in Vancouver and work in Portland, aside from lower property tax, there is no good reason to live there. You will get violated by the income tax, still pay sales tax in Washington, traffic is abysmal, and Vancouver doesn't have the community and feel that Portland has.
This sums it up well, especially the Trimet part. Vancouver simply doesn't want to contribute. I really wish Trimet would simply build the MAX tracks half way across the river and say "Here you go you cheap fucksticks!"
Is it Park Plaza Apartments by any chance, or in that area? Link.
If so, the noise from I-405 is not a factor at all. Had a friend live there for a few years and it was a pretty cool place, a bit on the spendy side though.
The unit the agent showed was overlooking the 26 but the unit I'm getting is tucked back a bit. When I toured it, I couldn't help but think the people moving in that one are suckers.
Sharing rent with my gf so its only ~600$ a month. Less than half of my one bedroom in San Jose. And its got a free covered gazed parking garage. Woooo! Going to drop off rental stuff in a few minutes