Here's the deal w the burg
There is a real dichotomy between the politcal left and right that erupts in chambers of commerce business folks and biblethumpers vs union folks and lib dems, like that's any different from anyplace else? But in the burg, the bible and chamber folks clearly have the advantage, and they are rabid...check out nrtoday.com and read the forum letters. In fact, they are plain nuts with all the jesus, flaggot, and anti government paranoia BS.
If you have teens and you are moving from so cal, be ready for HUGE therapy bills or they will hate you for moving them there....and spend all your money on alcohol when the rains hit and they can't conform....not mention shopping excursions to VRC in Eugene or Washington Square in PDX, unless of course you're moving from Orange county....by all means.....unless you're moving there from Orange county.....
Eugene will save you, but you need to make roots asap, preferably before winter sets in....if you miss out, there is the Holiday Market during december...then the long stretch till summer...
Music on the Half Shell concerts at Stewart Park will be vital to your social existence and mental well being from the kids during the summer, (don't worry, you will see them again in fall, or when the Douglas County Sheriff's Dept calls, whichever comes first....
Shirley, I jest...but the fact is teens don't have a lot to do there, and routinely escape to college town grooves north in the will valley, where they "come from all parts".
Smaller kids are an exception, they always are
If you have all kids, please remove all references to kids, but the same social rules might apply to your inner child. To be sure, Roseburg is quaint, small, and very friendly....Almost everybody down there goes to great lengths to be polite, no "road rage" there....they save that for the forum section of the local news rag....and everyone, I may be wrong here, genuinely looks out for others....
One thing that is curious about the place is the rapid turnover in marriages....mainly because many of the locals never really get out to explore life and get married instead....as a result, there is an almost insane obsession with gossip, fashion, and anything wedding related....
Hunting, fishing, and sports also dominate all conversations...it used to be the housing industry but that went bust and is still trying to recover....The outdoors are absolutely superb, there is nothing you will ever experience like jumping off basalt rocks into Little River on a summer day...they can't make that and sell it at a mall...
I'm going off on a limb here, but I suspect you are being hired as an administrator for the government or a hospital, those are two of the most stable employers in Roseburg. Whatever you do, make sure you have SOLID employment before you move there....it is not the place to be with a pink slip in your hand right now.
As far as moving there, load up a u haul if you got stuff you simply can't live without, don't worry about finding a place, it is a real buyers/renters market.
good luck!
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