ok, well what about Portland, Oregon?

i used to live there. yall aren't missing that much

Where do you live now? Do you like it?

Seattle?

i hear there arent very many jobs there. anyone know if that is true?

i don't like it in seattle either

(i'm having a weird day. disregard me)

Portland seems like somewhere I would move if I was some kind of freelancer or worked from home. It's the dream, I suppose.

yup^^^^

Do they have a cinematheque or contemporary art museum?

horking from wome

Are they screening Blade Runner: The Final Cut there?

WE HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PORTLAND OK.

http://www.google.com/movies?hl=en&near=portland&dq=blade+runner+portland&sort=1&mid=a95e86d6df3058e3&sa=X&oi=showtimes&ct=movie-link&cd=1

hooray portland!

they have the NW Film Center, and some art houses:

http://www.nwfilm.org/

The art museum ain't much.

yeah lotsa theaters cinema 21, clinton st and then all the fabled $3 theaters that serve beer and show 2nd run hits and the more popular arthouse fare. american eden come here now

There are jobs here. Post yer resume on craigslist and you will get decent responses(how i've found at least 3 jobs here).

I really enjoy it here. I'm very happy I got the fuck out of michigan and made it out here.

We still need to see Blade Runner. I'm trying to drag people along with me tonight or tomorrow.

I like the gays there and in Seattle, I wonder if they wd like me

Also, this isn't exactly a non-drinking town. Beer & wine is everywhere, and this is good.

I just really like the weather, which means I should probably move back to London.

Also food, beer, coffee, thrift stores.

xp!

yeah the bars in Portland are awesome! and plentiful

The $3 beer theaters should be a national treasure. That's how we got to see They Live last month.

At least one of them is reportedly haunted.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PORTLAND, OREGON

MAYBE

HOW ARE THE SPORTS TEAMS

lol

CAN YA GET BRISKET

brisket = yes and many places

sports teams:

blazers = HAHAHAHA
PSU vikings = enh, most folks root for OU/OSU/Seahawks
Winterhawks = chicago farm team, have yet to go a game
Lumberjax = pro lacrosse
Timbers = pro soccer, occasionally plays against english clubs

you forgot the Beavers

(I have t-shirt and went to Dogs in the Park day)

if we move to portland, we'll just start our own sports franchise/brisket shack.

love the location of the baseball stadium but dunno about the inside. it's PCL, right?

yep. It's grungy but acceptable.

I like it and haven't even met any other artists yet/still/really.

does the portland sky feature visible stars at night? cause that would take some getting used to

Yes.

The baseball stadium is affable.

I am hopefully leaving for grad school next year. It is not as awesome here as it used to be, perhaps, but it is still better than many places.

The art museum does indeed suck.

what about the nat hist mus?

is it still the heroin capital of America?

what about this -> http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/joomlaeotic/?

staying downtown vs staying in nw

why is portland not as nice as it used to be? what happened? global warming? or republicans?

a little more expensive, a little more 'place of the moment'? (i lived there 97-00 and would like to pretend i still know the city well but only get down there 3-4 times a year. maybe kingfish and causistry should tell me to shut up if i'm way off the mark)

staying downtown beats staying in NW. screw both of them, actually, and stay on the eastside.

i've only been here for 3 years, so i'm too recent to notice any change in quality, but Alberta St by where I live is rapidly gentrifying(corrugated tin exteriors EVERYWHERE).

We've been having a nice fall, for the most part. Nice & sunny a lot more than i expected.

Another fun thing about portland, which i probably have mentioned a few times: pinball is still viable here.

corrugated tin exteriors

such a portland affectation. i totally notice it whenever i come down. how the hell are those going to look in 10 years?

(Seattle's is still worse though i think: 2 floors of brick and then cheap wooden slatting. it looks ok at street level but up? yeech)

whoa you guys have like a beer festival every two months. whoa awesome.

I am also moving away from Portland in the next few months. It's kind of a dumb place unless you are like 22 and into your friend's "art" as a way of life, or unless you are 35 and settled and into your dogs as a way of life.

Portland's love of dogs is one of the great things about here.

Yeah, absolutely. But I don't have one.