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Old 06-12-2007, 01:08 PM
 
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I grew up in the south where everyone is practically your best friend and for the most part people are very nice and respectful. Just wondering if people in portland tend to mind their own buisness or are pretty friendly, you just have to strike up converstation.
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:26 PM
 
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I don't think Portland is a very friendly place, and the people can be downright smug and cold. It's friendlier in the outlying areas, but in the core neighborhoods like NW and SE, folks can be pretty arrogant. I don't know why that is.
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:29 PM
 
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Hate to say it,cuz I love Oregon ,but Portland is not very friendly.Most of our circle of friends were from other areas,,,,and here we thought we were just swell folks who EVERYONE would like...there is a discussion on this on the "General Forum" as well.Being VERY general of course as there are great and not so great people every where
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:35 PM
 
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Sadly more "not so great" than great people. That's disappointing to hear about Portland but I do appreciate your honesty. Nothing worse than moving to a new city and finding yourself around cold and distant people.
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:39 PM
 
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Must stress,its a general statement,of course you can find great people ANYWHEREAnd SO MANY people in Portland are from "someplace else"
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:41 PM
 
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I think cold and distant is a pretty extreme generalization. People here are a lot more friendly than they were in San Francisco, but no, compared to the southern states, Portlanders are not as extroverted with people they don't know. That's pretty true of the west coast in general.
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Old 06-12-2007, 06:16 PM
 
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I'll be moving to Portland from Miami with my family soon. Can you suggest anything to get connected and socialize. I'll be living in Lake Oswego. Any groups interested in culinary arts, light gardening, friendly conversations?
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Old 06-14-2007, 06:43 PM
 
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It seems that more people are moving out of Portland than coming in. Maybe a lot of people have moved there under false pretenses only to discover that the city and its inhabitants didn't live up to their expectations.
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Old 06-15-2007, 08:18 AM
 
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It seems that more people are moving out of Portland than coming in.
It seems to me that the strenght of the real estate market is contradictory to your statement. I think that more people on this forum may be moving out rather than moving in... people who are complaining tend to be more vocal in online forums than people who are satisfied...
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Old 06-15-2007, 09:14 AM
 
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The strength of the real estate market? What evidence do you have to support this? Apparently most people here and other forums feel otherwise. The "LOCALS" are the one's who are stating that the economy is very poor. I researched this as well and according to experts the unemployment rate is quite high in Portland. The "real-estate" market has nothing to do with this. Just because people are moving to Portland doesn't substantiate a "strong economy." I'm sure it's a wonderful city with strengths and weaknesses but we need to look at this honestly. You're right, I'm sure "some" people are happy there but from what I've seen, and read, more appear to be unhappy for their own personal reasons. Anyhow, it's good to hear different views from everyone.
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