|
|
| *Travel Tips>>>Portland Travel Tips |
We're thinking of movine to Portland Oregon. Can anyone tell me more about it, climate, personal feelings, ect |
Travel Info We're thinking of movine to Portland Oregon. Can anyone tell me more about it, climate, personal feelings, ect Travel Tips Hi there. Portland is a great small city. I believe one of the major magazines such as Gormet or Bon Apetite is about to name it as the best city in which to dine out. Let me give you a quick overview. Climate: Basically a marine climate with very warm summers and mild winters. The overarching weather element is a continuous onshore flow of moisture from the South Pacific. This results in quite a few days of rain each year. The summers, however can be extremely warm. The result of this is a beautiful green city with amazing scenery. City: The city is strung along the Willamette River and features a riverfront park, as well as many grassy parks within the city itself. It has some of the best architecture for a city of its size anywhere in the world. It is very pedestrian and bike friendly, and features a first class light rail system known as "Max." Attitude: The trees as well as the attitude of the people is "green." The political climate is mostly liberal with people very tolerant of each other. There is a tendency to elect people to city office who are "off the wall." Its a town that loves their eccentrics. My Recommendation: Get onto Priceline and book a 4 star hotel in Portland. Last time I was there I got the Hilton for four nights at $90 US per night. Its a good location for taking a look around. Fly over and spend a week. If you are serious, you need to actually have your feet on the ground before you make a decision. Having been in Seattle, Vancouver, Las Angeles, and San Francisco in the last few months, I think Portland is currently the most livable. I hope that helps! Ragnar Others It does rain alot here , but I think Wash. has us beat in that aspect. There seemes to be more crime, but then thats pretty much true for all cities now days. I do how ever like Portland. You might use this link to the Portland Metro Chamber of commerce. They can give you all the information you want and/or need about Portland. Portland is a small town. I think it rains a terrible amount year around and there are very few sunny days and its located on the Willamette river which may not be very clean. The city has a high number of freaky people living in the streets always begging for money. I don't remember any professional sports teams there. I don't think they have museums or art gallerys. They do have a little, tiny zoo. So as you can see there is not much to do. They do have some restaurants but none that I consider outstanding. Not much fun there for me. I finally couldn't take it anymore and moved to Seattle. Wow, what a difference. I love Portland, it's beautiful! but I can't stand the cold, rain and wind from the Columbia Gorge. It takes a special person to adapt to this weather. Hence, I moved to Miami. Best wishes! It rains all the time and that leads to a lot of crime. |
| Tags |
| New Orleans New York City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Sacramento San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose |
Travel Info Categories--Copyright/IP Policy--Contact Webmaster |