Retirement in Oregon

[therese marie]

Originally Posted by boulder2015

Yeah and eastern oregon and sandpoint are totally redneck-free! Seriously, does anybody actually read the OPs full posts on this board? OP: you will probably need to up your budget or drop rooms to find a place in the less redneck areas of oregon.

I did read the whole post and he wants affordable and SNOW.. that is why I recommend near Spokane . TONS of what OP is looking for there , under 200K

http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale...064_rect/9_zm/

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

I think Baker City might work for the OP. I never feel like too much of a stranger in a strange land there. It's got a small, but engaged, art community, an organic food coop, a nice little wine bar , and a few other non-rednecky amenities. Walla Walla is worth looking at as well.

Except that he is one of those bigots who calls anyone who doesn't think and act exactly like he does a redneck. I predict that he won't fit in anywhere rural and he can't afford the big liberal (socialist) cities in Oregon. I suggest that he start looking at other, less expensive states.

[annoyingcherry]

Originally Posted by oregonwoodsmoke

Except that he is one of those bigots who calls anyone who doesn't think and act exactly like he does a redneck. I predict that he won't fit in anywhere rural and he can't afford the big liberal (socialist) cities in Oregon. I suggest that he start looking at other, less expensive states.

Well, that's a good point. If the OP can tolerate subzero temps in Spokane or Baker City, then why not look at the larger cities in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, etc. Especially the cities with a large university.

RE rednecks, this is an interesting story seemingly about redneck vigilantism (story starts at about 2:20). I think she made a mistake parking her RV there, but the redneck response is kind of ugly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTRyt2NbWJc

BTW we did have snow in Salem on the day that this question was posted.

[Metlakatla]

Well, to be completely fair to the OP, I don't see him/her saying anything about wanting a redneck-free living situation, just that the mountainous areas of California is too rednecky. There are places that would work that aren't downtown Portland, including Baker City (expect the airport at Boise is about two hours away, although Baker has a small regional airport) and Spokane.

[Kmalavey]

Thanks. I'll check this out.