Astoria or (Portland, Newberg, Seaside: hotel, home, live in)

[GrahamS1953]

Nice thx

[Ruth4Truth]

I've been scoping out Astoria from a distance. They seem to have some nice little organic grocers, and there's a co-op. Much of the town is on high ground, so should be out of the way of flooding. The riverfront area, however, would be subject to rising tides, and sudden snowmelt in the mountains during unseasonable heat waves in winter or early spring, or a tsunami.

Aside from a community college, there's a branch of OSU that provides extension services to farmers, gardners, foresters and property owners that want to learn about forest care, and have a variety of education programs, if you're into that.

One thing to look into would be the quality of medical care and local hospitals. This is a major concern for some more remote towns around WA, where residents have to buy Med-evac insurance, because local hospital services are limited. Another issue in some small towns is-- there may only be one primary care doctor in a community experiencing a major influx of retirees and WFH workers relocating to scenic areas. I don't know about Oregon, and would love to know about Astoria in this regard.

[pikabike]

It’s beautifully green and WETwetwetwet. Can’t have that much greenery without the wet part.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by pikabike

It’s beautifully green and WETwetwetwet. Can’t have that much greenery without the wet part.

As the West gets drier, the NW will be the one area that still has water. That's how I look at it. Wet is good. Wet also means, the area won't run out of hydroelectric generating capacity, unlike part of Northern California, where one of the facilities shut down due to prolonged drought.

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

As the West gets drier, the NW will be the one area that still has water. That's how I look at it. Wet is good. Wet also means, the area won't run out of hydroelectric generating capacity, unlike part of Northern California, where one of the facilities shut down due to prolonged drought.

Then you're looking at it wrong.

Newport (on the coast) ran out of water last summer.

Most of the PNW is currently in some form of prolonged drought.

Over half of Oregon is in an extreme drought.

https://ktvl.com/news/local/over-hal...e-drought-free

ETA people move to these remote Oregon coastal towns expecting medical care suitable for the needs of retirees, but it doesn't exist. Rentals are nearly nonexistent in Astoria, so be prepared to buy.

[Nell Plotts]

And buy as high on the hill as possible as eventually there will be a huge tsunami thanks to the Cascadia Fault.

[texasdiver]

The Pacific Northwest in general is likely to be more climate resilient than much of of the rest of the US. But only parts of it, most specifically the inland valleys west of the Cascades. Which is a pretty small part of the Pacific Northwest but where most of the population already lives. The actual coast not so much due to the isolation and vulnerability to earthquake/tsunami damage. As well as the anemic economy and poor infrastructure. Likewise, the remote interior locations like the Klamath basin not so much due to drought.

[Ruth4Truth]

Astoria works on improving its future water prospects:
https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/l...daf5bb4f7.html

[sacreole]

While staying in Seaside OR some eight years ago, I took a day trip to Astoria. During my visit, I toured the maritime museum and the Astoria Column. There’s even a Bosnian restaurant in the downtown area.

[texasdiver]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Astoria works on improving its future water prospects:
https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/l...daf5bb4f7.html

Well, they do have the Columbia flowing by their front door so it's not like they will ever completely run out of fresh water. But I expect it is a lot cheaper and easier to draw from pristine mountain watersheds than pump out Columbia River water and purify it.