Thinking about moving to oregon, tell me about it [ 10pnts ]?

In my lifetime, I have lived in 9 states and 14 cities, and Portland is one of my favorites if not the favorite! The weather is good and bad to answer a couple of your questions. The winter is sometimes mild, but always rainy and cloudy and there can be snow and bad ice storms. The rain is the big "negative" that hangs over Portland. I would say it is more like the lack of sunshine that is the downer!! The rain is never torrential, but it will rain for several days or weeks at a time, and you may not see the sun for over 30 days!! That is only during the winter when it is cold and you don't want to be outside unless you are going to the mountains and skiing anyway! The Summers are amazing and with no humidity and hardly ever getting over 85 it is a great place to be outdoors! Plus it is green everywhere from all the rain during the winter!! I lived in Happy Valley near Clackamas when I was there and it was a great area and it was only about 20 minutes from downtown which is very clean and nice and artsy. Getting to the West side of Portland from there or vice versa takes longer because the Columbia River has to be navigated around. Portland is a great food town too and is a great place to raise kids and have a family. I guess it all depends if you are a little artsy and have a touch of "hippie" in you too!!! Hope that helps!!