This is Portland, we do what we like. This is Portland, we do what we like.

november

oh word

ok I'm arriving later and leaving earlier than I previously hoped. anyone FAP Saturday somewhere?

Why do Portlanders allow their friends to wear Death in June tshirts? I mean, you KNOW where that symbol is from, right? seriously, what the fuck

I am gonna be there this weekend

any record stores I should check out besides Exile, Everyday, Crossroads, Mississippi, and maybe Clinton St?

Why do Portlanders allow their friends to wear Death in June tshirts?

This calumny must not stand! Every time I have seen a friend of mine wear a Death in June t-shirt I have flown into a rage, torn it from their body, shredded it into raglets with my teeth and spit them into my friend's face, along with an injunction never to darken my door again. Every time, mind you! And I am sure most Portlanders can say the same.

you have no idea what you are talking about, it's not an appropriate target for sarcasm

I was assuming the logo refers to some especially heinous subdivision of the Nazi SS, whose mission consisted solely of committing unspeakable atrocities. No? The appropriation of Nazi symbols by shitheads to prove their outlaw credentials has been going on a very long time.

My sarcasm was directed mainly at the idea that not 'allowing' someone to wear the symbol was an effective response. If they are ignorant, you can cure that and they will choose to stop flaunting the symbol. If they are aware, then your outrage just plays into their desires.

stay safe and warm everybody, looks like we're stuck in this for awhile

3 to 6 more inches of snow tomorrow

Please don't share it up here. My gf is supposed to fly in Saturday morning.

Everybody still freaking out

I just want to keep my electricity. Keep that and it's all good.

lots of limbs falling, power is still on for now, rain has stopped

haven't been able to leave the house in 3 days, worried i might get Snow Fever

My brother in law was taking Amtrak between Seattle and Portland today and got stuck for like eight hours in the middle of nowhere

Stayed inside except for beer runs, disappointed that the busses aren't reliable to get to the Roseway to see the Lego Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_68C3N7W9kw

Advertising for some nearby newly erected condos, starring a couple named "Luke" & "Jess", which is pretty much infuriating self-parody verging on Portlandia. As another local pointed out, the people they're pitching at do not live in Portland.

i want to move to portland.

but we gotta find my husband a great job first (not me, my career prospects are zilch). he's currently head of operations and sales for a small travel product company, and has had tons of experience with SAP, product management, marketing. he's always the go-to guy when other ppl can't figure out their own stuff. he's also the master of excel and loves data. has also worked in the outdoor industry.

what are the biggish companies in portland? (aside from columbia and keen)

what's the housing market like? i'm only willing to make a big move if buying a house is gonna be on the horizon.

Housing market is overinflated, rental is tight but that depends on neighborhood.

I'd post a resume on CL and check the job listings there as a start.

Portland big companies: Intel, Nike, HP, Adidas, Daimler, buncha more.

And as always, I'd recommend visiting here to scope the place as soon as you can.

Buy a big enough house for me to rent a room from you!

you can pay your way by cooking!

xps thanks! i've been to portland only once, but i loved it. i'm just kinda over the bay area and i don't have any ties like close friends. jordan has 1.5 hour commute each way (longer some days, depending on how shitty BART is acting). the housing market is just insane. any raise jordan gets ends up going towards a rent increase. portland just seems more chill.

Tempting! But I need to warn you that the humidity there is never low enough to make peanut brittle.

Ok forget it, you're only worth your weight in peanut brittle ;)

All of my female friends in Portland work adult jobs. Nurses, tech stuff, social work, your average grown-up jobby stuff.
Of my male friends, they either a) own their own business or b) are brunch servers/baristas/both. There is no inbetween for them.
I dunno if this speaks more to my cohort or more to the types of jobs that are available in Portland or more to the types of people Portland attracts.

I'm 36 and also one those people who doesn't have an "adult" job, so yeah, career prospects are not a thing for me.

for consideration:

The Washington Post Reminds Us That We'll Never Be Able to Afford a Home in Portland.

Bend is just as bad, Eugene is still OK but heating up

Buying a house not all it's cracked up to be imo but I'm a Millennial so what do I know.

i'm tired of worrying about how much my rent is gonna go up at any given time. after 2 years of no rent increase, our landlords suddenly jacked our rent by $300 at the start of this year, which was hugely painful to absorb into our budget. the area i live in is getting more and more sf tech ppl so the rents are increasing dramatically. i just want to buy a damn house and be done with it. i hate moving, so i'd like to find a city/area to live in and just stay there forever.

xps if my husband got a job that paid the same as his current one, we could def afford to buy a small house in portland, in a nice area (at the moment, anyway).

"In metropolitan Oakland, the median list price for a starter home is up 104 percent since 2012, according to a Trulia analysis. In Denver, it's up 78 percent. In Portland, 50 percent."

i live on the oakland border :/

also, his "windowless closet for $360 a month" is a fucking bargain compared to sf - where someone was renting a truck - lined with plywood, and NOTHING ELSE, not even a damn parking space - for $800 a month.

well i mean as a lifelong portlander i can attest that, while rents might be really bad in the bay area, they've doubled or so in the last couple of years in portland. many people i know have been priced out of their neighborhoods, including myself. and it's mostly because of bay area tech money moving up here because it's cheaper. so i mean, that's been a huge issue for non-wealthy people in the pdx area. everyone you meet has basically moved here in the past few years.

i promise we're not tech bros!!

although i might have to rethink moving to portland if it's full of sf tech ppl. that's what i'm trying to get away from.

start up culture is a really big deal here right now it's gross af

btw i'm not trying to dissuade you from moving up here! just trying to say that the tons of new blood flowing into the town has been actively detrimental to longterm residents, but i guess that's a tale as old as time

the other group of mass influx has been just-graduated 20-somethings who watch portlandia aspirationally, which is a whole other problem

feel free to visit the Seattle thread too just1n3 I don't want to derail the Portland thread by talking about Seattle

Seeking good hiking trails not too far from town. We did the Wahkeena - Fairy - Weisendanger - Multnomah Falls hike in January and wouldn't mind doing that again but maybe switch it up elsewhere in the gorge? Thanks in advance!

Try browsing around in the Field Guide section of OregonHikers.org for a hike that appeals to you. btw, at this time of year the gorge is pretty crowded and by going a bit further afield you can hike at higher elevations that are too snowed under to hike most of the year. Mt St Helens has some very scenic hikes.

Yeah, I actually had that tab open and saw the Tunnel Falls hike which also looked nice.

We are short on time so were just looking for a quick escape from the city center, will probably end up in the Gorge. We don't mind getting an early start to battle the crowds and get back in time for our obligations. Thanks aimless!

Pretty good hiking to be had in town if y'all are really pressed for time, I dunno how far you've ventured into Forest Park but you may be surprised how beautiful and quiet it is only a couple miles down the Leif Erikson trail, and of course that runs for 10+ miles, with miles more of smaller trails spider-webbing off and around it.

And all without having to leave the city at all! Forest Park is the best thing Portland has going imo.

If you do go to the gorge I really like Elowah Falls, easy hike, beautiful falls you can get plenty close to, and there are other falls nearby you can chain together for a longer/harder hike, you can even climb to the top of Munra Point if you're in the mood for punishment. View from the peak is well worth it though!

Thank you too, sheesh. I've noted both.

De nada, let us all know what y'all ended up walking, always interested to hear about a local hike, Lord knows there are too many trails for anyone in particular to be familiar with.

Plenty of places in the world, in the country even, where there ain't any good hiking unless you're ready for a proper roadtrip, I feel this is an overlooked perk of Portland even now, when hiking seems as popular as ever. Good for us though, huh?

Timely right about now with this Pokemon Go blowing up all of a sudden..

Seems like the two major draws (beyond pocket monsters) are the social aspect, and that it makes you get up and walk around. And I feel like, well hell, if you like walking around...have you been to the Gorge?

From what I've gathered there probably aren't many Pokemon in the Gorge, but there may be an opportunity here...where's that thread where we give away good ideas...

Trip report: Woke up early (5:30am) on Saturday and hit the trails around Bridal Veil, Wahkeena, Multnomah & Horsetail Falls and back to NE Alberta for Pine State Biscuits before the line was nuts.

Sunday we woke up early for a shorter excursion and headed due east to Hillside and improvised on the network of trails heading south, connecting to the arboretum, Japanese garden & the zoo. We still had some energy so we connected to the "Four T" trail which was a mix of urban and offroad trails but once we got to OHSU we realized we wouldn't be able to take the tram down til 1pm so we just hopped on a bus down the hill back downtown.

Thanks again for the tips, if we ever get a chance to add in a few more days we will try to get out to the surrounding mountains.

when I lived in Oregon this dude's books were vital: https://www.amazon.com/William-L.-Sullivan/e/B001KCBW7M/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1470677588&sr=8-2
Only worth it if you own or can access a car though (and you might find yourself wanting 4WD at that).

I never actually owned the NW one (lived in Eugene), but I'm sure it's good. Always nice to take a phone photo of his map before setting out

xp: "headed due east" should read "headed due west"... whoops! :-)