Portland: A splendid city... (Dallas, St. Helens: earthquake, live, moving)

[sberdrow]

Originally Posted by 5chevin5

wait...I thought Vancouver was Van-tucky?? Just kidding,I did live there ..Yes "da'couve" Also

The Gorge (you know where)
The Sunset (Hwy 26)
The Pearl (Pearl District)
NoPo (north portland)
And of course the Saturday Market on a Sunday......
Just to name a few....

Wow, I had not heard VanTucky, nopo, and Is the Saturday market realy held on Sunday?

[oldtintype]

Saturday market is held on BOTH Sat and Sun.

[gnab gib]

Originally Posted by sberdrow

Portlanders get along with everbody, just as long as you pronounce the state ORGUN, not OR E GONE, or ORGONE, its Gun, not GONE. BTW its not WAR SHINGTON, its WA shington.

But is it PORT-lun-ders or port-LAN-ders? No, seriously!

This comes from someone who used to get caught up in the Michigander/Michiganian debate ...

[oldtintype]

Don't forget Couch St! It's cooch, not couch!

[sberdrow]

Originally Posted by YoAdrian

But is it PORT-lun-ders or port-LAN-ders? No, seriously!

This comes from someone who used to get caught up in the Michigander/Michiganian debate ...

I always say it like Port LIND..it probably started out as Port LAND though.

[gnab gib]

Originally Posted by sberdrow

I always say it like Port LIND..it probably started out as Port LAND though.

Oh, I figured that. I was wondering about how you pronounce the word for a Portland resident. I'm assuming the accent falls on the PORT in "Portlanders."

My poor wife got the "Ore-GONE" lecture not too long ago. If we're going to be residents one day, we'd better learn the right pronunciations.

[Nature Girl]

Why can't we call it the beach? What defines a beach then?

Originally Posted by sberdrow

Portland will not disapoint. Great climate, beauty, cleanliness, good food, lots of water to look at. MANY nearby volcanoes (if thats your thing), less rain that Seatte. It has a fantastic airport. Portland gets a little snow in the winter, enough to build a snowman. You don't have much chance to get sick of the snow as it only last 1-3 days usually. Wa State, if you can work there, has no income tax. Most drivers are curtious. B4 you attack that comment, please drive to the East Coast, or LA. I saw more middle fingers in LA than I knew what to do with. Portland is 2 hours or less from very sandy beaches, personal note, call it "the coast" while in the PNW. Portlanders get along with everbody, just as long as you pronounce the state ORGUN, not OR E GONE, or ORGONE, its Gun, not GONE. BTW its not WAR SHINGTON, its WA shington.

[Nakadai]

Thanks Nature Girl--fantastic to read such unbridled praise, particularly in a venue whose center of gravity often seems to be discontent. The happy folks are out-and-about I imagine. Perhaps a direct correlation between time spent online and that discontent? Anyway, my wife and I are moving to Portland next week, after two years of planning. As someone who's lived in 7 states, been to nearly all of them, lived abroad and done his homework, you guys live in paradise. I hope P's popularity, coupled with our intensely mobile society, doesn't destroy its fabric, but here we come anyway. The final move for my nomadic ****. The house, the kid, the whole 9 yards. Now, if we can just learn to pronounce everything correctly!

[sberdrow]

Originally Posted by Nakadai

Thanks Nature Girl--fantastic to read such unbridled praise, particularly in a venue whose center of gravity often seems to be discontent. The happy folks are out-and-about I imagine. Perhaps a direct correlation between time spent online and that discontent? Anyway, my wife and I are moving to Portland next week, after two years of planning. As someone who's lived in 7 states, been to nearly all of them, lived abroad and done his homework, you guys live in paradise. I hope P's popularity, coupled with our intensely mobile society, doesn't destroy its fabric, but here we come anyway. The final move for my nomadic ****. The house, the kid, the whole 9 yards. Now, if we can just learn to pronounce everything correctly!

Don't worry when it gets too bad, we start up the lies about it raining for 9 months a year and it scares people away.

[Nature Girl]

Thanks for asking about the beach? No prob. But really, why "should" we call it the coast opposed to the beach? Still wondering,,,

Originally Posted by Nakadai

Thanks Nature Girl--fantastic to read such unbridled praise, particularly in a venue whose center of gravity often seems to be discontent. The happy folks are out-and-about I imagine. Perhaps a direct correlation between time spent online and that discontent? Anyway, my wife and I are moving to Portland next week, after two years of planning. As someone who's lived in 7 states, been to nearly all of them, lived abroad and done his homework, you guys live in paradise. I hope P's popularity, coupled with our intensely mobile society, doesn't destroy its fabric, but here we come anyway. The final move for my nomadic ****. The house, the kid, the whole 9 yards. Now, if we can just learn to pronounce everything correctly!