Living in the PNW

[Bluefox]

Please try to avoid huge walls of text. It’s difficult to read through.

It sounds like Olympia would be the best bet economically.

[mhays25]

Yeah, I generally skip posts like that too.

[Vincent_Adultman]

Originally Posted by SPonteKC

I lived in Eugene for 4 years in college, and it, like most of eastern Oregon, is about exactly half as nice as everyone there thinks. It's a pretty basic college town, not much special or unique about it. Salem is an unmitigated dump. Can't speak to Olympia.

Eugene isn’t in Eastern Oregon, but otherwise I generally agree with you. Eugene is really not that special of a city and Salem is pretty run-down and doesn’t have much to offer (as far as I’ve seen).

If I were the OP I’d look into Astoria or Bellingham or even somewhere in Skagit County.

[SPonteKC]

Originally Posted by Vincent_Adultman

Eugene isn’t in Eastern Oregon, but otherwise I generally agree with you. Eugene is really not that special of a city and Salem is pretty run-down and doesn’t have much to offer (as far as I’ve seen).

If I were the OP I’d look into Astoria or Bellingham or even somewhere in Skagit County.

Whoops! Western Oregon. Even when I lived there, for some reason I made that slip up over and over again and would refer to the coastal side as "eastern Oregon". Some kind of mental block. Odd because I hated the PacNW and couldn't wait to graduate and GTFO, but I really like eastern Oregon, and always thought it was the prettier, more interesting part of the state.

[Bees522]

If you really can't handle homeless folks, Eugene is not for you.