how are the people on the central oregon coast from florence up to astoria?

[tasmtairy]

I lived in Lincoln City for six months before moving inland to start a business and it was the best time of my life. Everyone was friendly, Loved the layed back, interesting people. Most who were not born there. It is my fondest memories of living on the Oregon Coast. I miss it sooo much... Love Newport too, worked there, great people..Ocean on my right, mountains on my left, I found it perfect for me.

You are an Artist, perfect place, renovations, perfect place. In my opinion of course. Good luck with the move!!!!

[graphx311]

Originally Posted by kari0422

Tiffany,

Although the other poster's statement is harsh and I would never wish death on anyone... I moved from Virginia to the Oregon Coast last year and I am miserable here. Maybe your area of the coast is different, or you just have a different personality. I have made a few great friends here. I love them dearly, but I have also been snobbed so much by many more people. It really hurt my feelings. One of my friends even told me that i was talked about behind my back and that she felt like it happened to her also. Mainly, it was in relation to other moms at our children's activities. There IS a highschool-ish clicky thing. I try to join in and engage myself in conversations and they will all leave or turn and look at me funny and ignore me. My husband works out of state and is only home every 2-4 weekends and I find it very lonesome. He feels really bad for me. Our home is on the market so we can leave, but he market is so dry that it isn't selling.

Another thing... when I first came here, i thought, "Wow, it's so pretty, so quiet, so safe, old-fashioned" It reminded me of the little town in PA portrayed in "My Girl"...lol. I could picture my tween-age daughter and a friend walking from our(in town) home to the lovely ice cream parlor just about a block up the street with a friend and taking my little one out to see the boats and to dig in the sand at the beach.

Well, once I started talking to other people with children... no one lets their kids walk anywhere alone, not even a block... not 2 feet away from their side. They bawk at tourist parents at the campgrounds when the kids run through the parks, like, "Oh my God, how can they let their child off the leash" practically. I met several moms who are afraid to let their children ride a school bus to school, even in 4th or 5th grade. My child rode the bus. She has sinse Kindergarten. One mom said she wouldn't let her child walk to school alone if they lived across the street. all of this followed by how horrible the world is today... I was like, "hello, nothing ever happens here!" If anyone knows why people are scared of their own shadow around here then fill me in, but compared to places where I've lived and people aren't overprotective of their children, this place is like Pleasantville, or it could be if everyone was friendlier and less afraid to be nice to each oher and let the kids out to play.

Is it a combination of the media and generations of people who've never lived anywhere else?

Then, there's the weather! The beaches here are absolutely gorgeous... STUNNING! However, you can't really enjoy them unless you wanna put on your LL Bean parka and a ski cap. I have tried on the warmest of days, but I don't last 20 minutes out there. My kids start complaining also. Summer has been better than winter. There have been a few nice days where if you choose lake over ocean it is pleasant, but they are so few and far between. Winter was awful. If you like the cold rain and wind then it may seem great, but at one point when it was 4 weeks going without seeing the sun, I was miserable. Did I say I am from VA? We had 4 seasons. It gets very cold in winter there and you can see snow and ice, but you will always see the sun inat least a few days, even when it's cold. It also gets hot in summer, but the thunderstorms roll in on the hottest afternoons and break away the humidity and make for a nice cool evening. Spring and fall are phenominal. Spring is beautiful with freshly blooming flowers and blossoming trees and mild teperatures. In fall it slowly cools off from summer and there is the most beautiful display of foliage.

So anyway, I can't wait to get home, becasue to me this isn't it. However, it may be someone else's dream home.

thats dissapointing. I'm originally from NY and looking to move out there. What specific city are/were you in?

[Minervah]

Whoops! I just realized this is a very old thread. My comments don't apply. I wonder how things went for these people.