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  1. maxiep

    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Portland is actually up there with one of my favorite cities. But maybe thats cause I dont live there lol.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    we are #4 for divorce. WOW
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    That's so sad.

    :sad:

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    andalusian Season - Restarted

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    It's the fucking weather. No doubt about it. This would be the best place in the world to live if we had more sunshine days.

    I love Portland, I really do, but I hate this weather.
     
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    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    Weather, the local economy, the unemployment rate, taxes being raised during a recession, the powerful public employees union having so much political influence, one fortune 500 company in the entire state . . . Oregon is not sitting pretty these days.
     
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  7. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I travel all around this country and I can promise you this is one of the best cities around.
     
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    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    How do you explain the extremely high suicide and depression rate?

    Don't get me wrong, I love Ptd and have made a home here. But Ptd has serious problems (you don't get listed in businessweek as the unhappiest city unless that city has issues)
     
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  9. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    That's right. Businessweek rankings are serious science.

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  10. OddEnormous

    OddEnormous I'M FLYING!! I'M FLYING!!

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    :grin:





    I mean:

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  11. The_Lillard_King

    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    Sure business week has no credibility . . . . they use those silly factors only business people care about. So clearly Ptd is going to score poorly on those tests . . . being how they don't care about business factors at all.
     
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  12. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Business people care about the number of overcast days?

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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Maybe all the rainy gloomy days bum people out. It is still one of the cleanest and most scenic cities in this country. Wherever I am in the US, when I tell people I'm from Portland, they light up and say either they've been here and love it or have heard how beautiful it is. If the weather is going to lead you to kill yourself, you were doomed from the get go!
     
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    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    It is a little deeper than that, they care if their employees are happy. Go figure . . .
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    In fact, of their criteria, I can only see unemployment and crime being of particular interest to businesspeople. I don't think divorce has much impact on most businesses, nor suicide, nor depression.

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    This year, probabaly a combination of the weather and unemployment rate would be my guess.

    I'm not saying Oregon isn't beautiful . . . I'm saying it is not the most ideal situation for a couple to get situated here and start a family unless they have very secure job(s).
     
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  17. The_Lillard_King

    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    Is that really how you see business people?
     
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  18. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Just because there are marginally more suicides in PDX compared to other cities doesn't make my employees less happy. Everyone in town experiences the clouds but not everyone in town is suicidal.

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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    You are misreading my comment. I'm saying that those factors don't influence business success. Yes, business people might care about other humans. They probably read business week to learn about business-related topics, however. This isn't one.

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    The weather is just one factor according to business week that makes Ptd an unhappy place.
     
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