Are a lot of people moving out of Portland, OR?

[Brandon26pdx]

I'd sure as hell like to leave. I moved here 10 years ago right after high school and I'm over it. It's definitely not an awful place, and I've made life long friends here, but I feel I could be doing better in other places. Sometimes I think you just get the itch to go elsewhere, no matter where you live.

[subsound]

Same here after a year, we are seeing if my wife gets into a practicum program that's not offered where we want to move...if not we're pretty much going to be leaving when a job presents itself (in my industry there are still positions open, and getting calls from recruiters) and if she does we'll only stay another 2 years. It's not terrible in Portland like many other places I can think of, but I have lived in better...especially if Portland is going to be suffering a good deal more from the economic decline then the average.

[EnricoV]

Originally Posted by Brandon26pdx

I'd sure as hell like to leave. I moved here 10 years ago right after high school and I'm over it. It's definitely not an awful place, and I've made life long friends here, but I feel I could be doing better in other places. Sometimes I think you just get the itch to go elsewhere, no matter where you live.

So go. The roads head out of town as well as in.

[subsound]

Seeing the people taking jobs elsewhere at work (we get emails about doctors and director positions and above when they leave as well) and those getting laid off are leaving the state more often then not...there is a pretty big brain drain going out. Considering most of the people who seem to want to move in are starving artists, slackers, and non career oriented folks...it will be interesting how it plays out.

[Brandon26pdx]

Originally Posted by EnricoV

So go. The roads head out of town as well as in.

relocating to an entirely different area takes a plan, which takes time and patience.

Thanks for you blinding revelation about the freeway though.

[Brandon26pdx]

Originally Posted by subsound

Seeing the people taking jobs elsewhere at work (we get emails about doctors and director positions and above when they leave as well) and those getting laid off are leaving the state more often then not...there is a pretty big brain drain going out. Considering most of the people who seem to want to move in are starving artists, slackers, and non career oriented folks...it will be interesting how it plays out.

Pretty much I agree...in my experience (purely anecdotal I admit...but whatever) hardly anyone moves here for career advancement. Sure, some people get transferred in with Nike or Intel or maybe a handful of other employers around here, but mostly in my experience people love to come here to go to college and smoke weed all day, then they promptly get the hell out of here, or eventually end up having to leave because they cant find a job that pays a middle class wage. Honestly I'm really lucky to have my job, I know that, because this seriously is one of the most pathetic job/wage markets in the country for how relatively expensive it is to live here. The numbers dont lie either.