How does the job market in Portland compare to other cities? (Pendleton: statistics, ranked)

[EastCoast617]

Originally Posted by SETabor

To say there's no racist morons in Revere is laughable. There's a reason everyone from the state is called a M***hole.

Never said Boston didn't have it's share of racism, reading comprehension is important my friend. I was talking less about the towny douche from Revere and more about the 300lbs trailer park trash that doesn't mind bath tubs on his lawn nor mind living next to tire warehouse/lumber plant from Tigard.

The guy from Revere will at least smell like old spice and most likely took a bath within 24 hours.

And lets be clear..............REVERE IS NOT BOSTON.

It like when you see someone on the plane and you ask where they are from the say Boston....then I say what part and they say Worchester. Revere, Dedham, Needham, Dover......Newton. None of which is Boston.

Now if you said Southy then yah you are probably right. lol


So yah Tigard is not Portland....thus im leaving.

[kapetrich]

There's a point in here. Portland is definitely more "pedestrian" and less "sophisticated" than Boston. But why wouldn't it be? Portland is a new city, only recently getting to population growth that even puts it in a debate with other mid-majors. It's wet behind the ears in many ways compared to some more established cities especially cities in the NE.

I'm an x North Easterner too and while some of the posts have been harsh, they're really just more direct and boisterous, but again....why wouldn't they be?.....you're talking a NEer. One from one of the most educated, established and historied major cities in the country with some of the most prestigious universities and medical facilities. As city-cities go, Portland and Boston couldn't be any more different.

"...unfiltered and to-the-point, often poignant but always unsentimental, not rude but refusing to infest the garden of honest human communication with the Victorian-seeded, American-sprouted weed of pointless politeness."

[pdxMIKEpdx]

I have seen Portland described as a "Large" or even "Big" city in this forum and have been challenged for my dis-agreement of those statements, but am still sticking to my guns.

No matter what you may hear or believe, Portland IS a "Small City" with everything that goes along with that, and the above description as "wet behind the ears" is apt.

Please don't expect Portland to ever hold a candle to other cities like Seattle, Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, etc, etc.

While Portland may be around the 30th largest city in the US, that's not much of a claim.

[Yankeemama]

I would rather be here in Portland than Boston for many reasons. One, I would drive to Boston or take the Amtrak from NYC and in comparison...Boston always seemed like a tiny city in comparison. Two, outside of Boston there is not much of a surrounding metro and no other big cities in surrounding states. Three, Portland is on the West coast which is closer to my hometown, S.F., and my homestate, CA. Four,Portland is only three hours away from Seattle, which is a much more interesting city to me than Boston. Five, Portland is not that far away from Vancouver, B.C.. Six, Portland's drivers are annoying but nothing like Boston's drivers. Seven, I can't stand the Red Sox.

[Yankeemama]

I just met someone who moved here in the Summer and she landed a job in Portland downtown by networking for months.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by kapetrich

There's a point in here. Portland is definitely more "pedestrian" and less "sophisticated" than Boston. But why wouldn't it be? Portland is a new city, only recently getting to population growth that even puts it in a debate with other mid-majors. It's wet behind the ears in many ways compared to some more established cities especially cities in the NE.

I'm an x North Easterner too and while some of the posts have been harsh, they're really just more direct and boisterous, but again....why wouldn't they be?.....you're talking a NEer. One from one of the most educated, established and historied major cities in the country with some of the most prestigious universities and medical facilities. As city-cities go, Portland and Boston couldn't be any more different.

"...unfiltered and to-the-point, often poignant but always unsentimental, not rude but refusing to infest the garden of honest human communication with the Victorian-seeded, American-sprouted weed of pointless politeness."

Beyond almost being named Boston, Or, there really isn't much that is similar between Boston and Portland. Nor should this thread be a Portland vs Boston thread.

Originally Posted by pdxMIKEpdx

I have seen Portland described as a "Large" or even "Big" city in this forum and have been challenged for my dis-agreement of those statements, but am still sticking to my guns.

No matter what you may hear or believe, Portland IS a "Small City" with everything that goes along with that, and the above description as "wet behind the ears" is apt.

Please don't expect Portland to ever hold a candle to other cities like Seattle, Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, etc, etc.

While Portland may be around the 30th largest city in the US, that's not much of a claim.

While I don't really disagree with your point, I can't help but be annoyed every time I read one of these "my arbitrary definition is objectively superior to your arbitrary definition" posts.


Portland isn't NY, but it's not Wichita either.

[neguy99]

Originally Posted by EastCoast617

Yah urbanlife I don't think Portland has the volume of tech jobs I am looking for.
I don't like driving at all, I am from Boston...cars suck. I was hoping to get something downtown as far as work. Pick up a more expensive apartment and not have a car. But that is close to impossible when there are no jobs downtown...... it is kind of a scam. I read up on working downtown and living on the east and biking over to get to work. It was rated top 10 places to live with balance of work and life. Yah sounded to good to be true cause your ass will never work downtown. I am not going to live on the east and commute to Tigard and go over a bridge and sit in traffic for 45 mins. I will end jumping off one of those bridges for sure.

And in the Boston metro area, for every person with a good enough job to live the cool car-free life in Beacon Hill, Jamaica Plain, or Kendall Square, there are a whole bunch of people stuck in traffic on 128 for 40 minutes every day commuting from one generic suburb to an office park in another generic suburb -- unless they are one of the really lucky people who only found a job out in Marlborough or some godforsaken place.

You know, like someone who had read about how the South End was the coolest neighborhood in the universe, moved to MA from the opposite coast, and now was bitter because the first job they landed was in Chelmsford.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by neguy99

And in the Boston metro area, for every person with a good enough job to live the cool car-free life in Beacon Hill, Jamaica Plain, or Kendall Square, there are a whole bunch of people stuck in traffic on 128 for 40 minutes every day commuting from one generic suburb to an office park in another generic suburb -- unless they are one of the really lucky people who only found a job out in Marlborough or some godforsaken place.

You know, like someone who had read about how the South End was the coolest neighborhood in the universe, moved to MA from the opposite coast, and now was bitter because the first job they landed was in Chelmsford.

Sounds like you nailed it.

[Black_Sheep3]

Originally Posted by rzzz

It's hard to gauge the job market in Portland. I feel like the employment stats aren't really telling the whole story. There seems to be a large contingent of underemployed "freelancers" who are not counted on the unemployment rolls but are only sort of half-scraping by. Anecdotally, everyone told me not to move there without a job offer, but every employer who I talked to told me they'd only be interested after I moved out there.

Exactly. Isnt that ridiculous? I hate how loop-minded this job market is on stuff like this(in the whole country). Like with me, no one will hire me cause I have no experience... how will I get experience, IF I DONT GET HIRED TO GET EXPERIENCE?! And they wonder why young guys like me are pouring into the Military like never before right now. This **** is depressing man.

Originally Posted by pdxMIKEpdx

I have seen Portland described as a "Large" or even "Big" city in this forum and have been challenged for my dis-agreement of those statements, but am still sticking to my guns.

No matter what you may hear or believe, Portland IS a "Small City" with everything that goes along with that, and the above description as "wet behind the ears" is apt.

Please don't expect Portland to ever hold a candle to other cities like Seattle, Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, etc, etc.

While Portland may be around the 30th largest city in the US, that's not much of a claim.

Good.
I live in one of those large, bustling cities with "lots to do" and Im doing ****ing terrible right now with all this sprawl, makes it hard for a normal guy to get on his feet.