Haha no I'm not Steve Blake, but he is one of my favorite Terps ever along with Juan Dixon. That 2002 championship was the best sports moment of my life. He did pretty well in Portland from what I remember. If 34 is too old for Portland, what cities is 34 still considered young? Probably none :-( I'm 33 until 8/14! And I may not be balling it up, but I've done pretty well for myself. There were actually a decent amount of black people at Occidental when I was there. I am white. What about Seattle? Probably way more expensive huh? I love how Oregon has no sales tax. Not sure about not pumping your own gas though... Just noticed you are in LA, El Presidente. I live in Torrance, what about you? I tend to be critical of LA but it is a fun city.
It wasn't just a line. It was a group called the Tom McCall society. My grandfather was a high ranking official in Portland and Oregon politics in general. He told me he and other "heavyweight honkies" would go around the country trying to spread the notion that Oregon was a terrible place to live. "Come visit, don't stay" was there motto. It obviously worked for a long time. Not so much now.
PDX is a fun place, a much better city than Seattle, which next to LA has to have some of the worst traffic anywhere. PDX traffic is getting worse, but still, as long as you don't live in Vancouver or do something like that, then traffic isn't too bad. My suggestion is pay attention to the MAX (light rail) lines and find a place to live that's either real easy to commute from either by rail or bike (maybe bus, but ahhh, kind of sucks). I love close in SE and NE cause the food is great, nightlife (If you like NW nightlife) is great and biking is a breeze. I lived around 30th and Belmont for a while, and at one point didn't get in my car for 4 months except to go on vacation, because everything was so accessible. Fuck LA, right in the smoggy ass, and don't put yourself in a position where you have to treat PDX like LA, spending your life in traffic.
Could have been. He told me over 25 years ago. I think "gentlemen's agreement" is the best description.
Please don't move here. You transplants are killing the city. (well its pretty much shit now...) and traffic is fucking horrendous. Move to Montana, Idaho, Colorado, anywhere but here.
I love Austin. Not sure I'd love the weather. Also not sure I could find a job there. I pretty much have a job in Portland if I move there, I forgot to mention that.
You'll probably want to bookmark this website so you can start getting in tune with the local culture: https://www.portlandhipster.com/
