Bend vs. Portland: What's better to live in?

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  1. riverman

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    Cheap rent though
     
    riverman, Oct 2, 2015
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    blue32 Who wants a mustache ride?

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    I thought that was Gresham/Hillsboro.
     
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  3. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Hey man, that's totally Bonanza, Oregon.
     
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Klamath makes Gresham look like Bend.
     
    santeesioux, Oct 2, 2015
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    I had the misfortune of working in Gresham for 7 years and for 28+ years in Salem. Now that you mention it, K Falls is lookin' good.......
     
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    I just recently had vacation at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. Bend is BEAUTIFUL and the people were wonderfully nice.

    I plan to return. I had a great time.
     
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    Bend is amazing. I hope to move there someday. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
     
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    Bend is like a town built around the Pearl District. I haven't checked into their development in a long time but I know it was booming in 2007ish.

    Hoity toity.

    I'd live in Portland with a summer home in Bend.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Oct 2, 2015
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    A house.
     
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    So, basically you are saying Redmond sucks.

    I don't think you'll get any disagreement there.

    barfo
     
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    No... Not at all... Eagle Crest is amazing. As for the City of Redmond, I don't really know. We spent most of our time at the resort or in Bend.
     
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    Just having fun - I know you didn't mean it that way, but one could (if one enjoys that sort of thing) read it that way.

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    Bump.

    Kaman recently bought property in Bend.

    LaMarcus has property there as well.

    I remember hearing that a few NFL players live there in the summer.

    Is Bend becoming a retirement destination for the rich?
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Sep 1, 2016
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    It's our version of Vale....ski town...more sunshine than most Oregonian cities..clean..trendy...to expensive for poor folks to live there
     
    riverman, Sep 1, 2016
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    Maybe they'll surround it with glass and shoot into space like Elysium when we all get sick and become walking sleep-deprived zombies.
     
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    I don't get this higher cost thing you guys are saying about Bend. Housing's cheaper on average in Bend than Portland ($349K vs $385k). Costco's the same cost and so is Netflix. What more do you need?
     
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    Dont jobs pay less in bend?
     
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    It's basically the Beaverton of Beautiful Central Oregon.

    All sprawl.
     
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    Depends on the job. A friend of mine is a civil engineer in Bend and I think he makes as much as comparable positions in the Portland area.
     
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