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New Westside Trail segments now open; continuous path stretches six miles
11/15/2013


The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District has completed a long-awaited Westside Regional Trail expansion project, adding 1.5 miles of hard-surface trail that is now open to the public.
The year-long expansion, funded by THPRD’s 2008 voter-approved bond measure, means users now have six mostly continuous miles of regional trail in the southern half of the Park District. The path extends north from Tigard city limits at Barrows Road all the way to the Tualatin Hills Nature Park and the MAX light-rail station at Merlo Road in Beaverton.
“It opens up a lot of recreational opportunities,” said THPRD project manager Gery Keck. “It connects Progress Lake and the Tualatin Hills Nature Park – two of our jewels – and provides a nice continuous stretch of trail for people who want to exercise, walk the dog, or enjoy a non-motorized commute.”
 
Pietro's Pizza coming back to Beaverton! woot. I think in January on Hall Blvd somewhere.

anyway, what's the best Teriyaki rice bowl nowadays? Used to live on that shit in high school. not the hawaiian style ones but the ones like Best Teriyaki or like the RICE BOWL that used to be in Valley Plaza.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
Pietro's Pizza coming back to Beaverton! woot. I think in January on Hall Blvd somewhere.

anyway, what's the best Teriyaki rice bowl nowadays? Used to live on that shit in high school. not the hawaiian style ones but the ones like Best Teriyaki or like the RICE BOWL that used to be in Valley Plaza.
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An's Bento was the best bento in the area bak in the day. Was in Wilsonville, then it move to Interstate, just up from the RG. They sold it and it's now some other Asian joint that is supposedly pretty good.
 
Love west Linn and have lived there. Cops are total dicks because they have nothing better to do.

How do they not have happy valley on the list? Milwaukie is not safer than happy valley
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Love west Linn and have lived there. Cops are total dicks because they have nothing better to do.

How do they not have happy valley on the list? Milwaukie is not safer than happy valley
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Yeah, I was wondering how Happy Valley didn't make the list. BUT....... there are some areas that are considered Happy Valley that aren't so nice (like some of the boundaries with other cities that are actually considered Happy Valley), and I'm sure those areas skew the calculations. That's the only thing I can think of.

West Linn/Wilsonville...... so much in property taxes..... so many cops.... so little else to do besides nab people for not signaling quickly enough.
 
Nicolas Batum ‏@nicolas88batum Feb 22
Once again , thanks to Rocket Frizz for those worldwild candy. Best candy place in Beaverton
 
I saw Batum in the Tualatin Fred Meyer's on Christmas Eve.

I went to Applebees in Tualatin after a Blazer game a few years ago, and it just so happens that Dante Cunningham was meeting his parents there after the game.

Also seen multiple Blazers at Mashita's Teriyaki in Tualatin over the years.
 
Oh and The Real Vanilla Gorilla at a park in Tualatin that I play basketball at.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Yeah, I was wondering how Happy Valley didn't make the list. BUT....... there are some areas that are considered Happy Valley that aren't so nice (like some of the boundaries with other cities that are actually considered Happy Valley), and I'm sure those areas skew the calculations. That's the only thing I can think of.

West Linn/Wilsonville...... so much in property taxes..... so many cops.... so little else to do besides nab people for not signaling quickly enough.
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I deliver in Happy Valley often. They consider anything east of 82nd from Johnson Creek down to pretty much Highway 212, to be Happy Valley. There's some pretty seedy spots over there. Plus there's a shit ton of apartments over by Clackamas Town Center. On the flip side, there is tons of wealth in the HV. Some amazing houses up on Mt. Scott.

You can walk into the Safeway in HV at any given time and get whiplash from all the fine hunnies walking around.
 
MARIS61 said:
LOL.

They completely left out the safest side of Oregon.
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I'm confused. Given your crazy attachment/bias to Central Oregon, I assume you're talking Central Oregon. But that's not a "side". Nobody refers to the center of a square or rectangle as a "side".

That being said, it's a stat, and it can be manipulated. I imagine a significant portion of the Bend-area crimes are property-related. But as I google Bend crime stats, it's clear that there's more crime in Bend than many other areas of the state. The 4-5 websites I reviewed all indicate similar findings, so it's not the "safest" and it's not the "safest "side". If you feel that safe in Bend, imagine how some of us feel in our places that are rated as safer than Bend. And yet, we're still so close to the amenities of a bigger city.
 
MickZagger said:
I deliver in Happy Valley often. They consider anything east of 82nd from Johnson Creek down to pretty much Highway 212, to be Happy Valley. There's some pretty seedy spots over there. Plus there's a shit ton of apartments over by Clackamas Town Center. On the flip side, there is tons of wealth in the HV. Some amazing houses up on Mt. Scott.

You can walk into the Safeway in HV at any given time and get whiplash from all the fine hunnies walking around.
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I have several friends that live in the area - there are some VERY expensive homes in that area. I dated a girl that lived way up at the top of HV (she was a bit crazy, though). And yes, it would be easy to get whiplash. As I drive up Sunnyside, deeper into HV, all the girls out jogging....... Wowzers.
 
His brings up a good question as I might pull out of buying a house in troutdale because the seller is acting weird.

Troutdale house for $230,000. 2,000 sq ft home on 7,500 sq ft lot
Or
Happy valley for 260k 1600 sq ft home on 3400 sq ft lot
 
JFizzleRaider said:
His brings up a good question as I might pull out of buying a house in troutdale because the seller is acting weird.

Troutdale house for $230,000. 2,000 sq ft home on 7,500 sq ft lot
Or
Happy valley for 260k 1600 sq ft home on 3400 sq ft lot
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How about 205k$, 768 sq ft home on 5000 sq ft lot in Portland?
 
Eastoff said:
How about 205k$, 768 sq ft home on 5000 sq ft lot in Portland?
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No way. I grew up in troutdale, wifey grew up in happy valley. We would never want to live in Portland. It's basically between troutdale and happy valley. Tigard could be in the mix. We like west Linn but don't want to spend 400k.
 
Nice to see Corvallis beat Eugene on that list! :)
 
JFizzleRaider said:
No way. I grew up in troutdale, wifey grew up in happy valley. We would never want to live in Portland. It's basically between troutdale and happy valley. Tigard could be in the mix. We like west Linn but don't want to spend 400k.
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To each his own. I guess it depends what your activities are, where you spend your time, etc. Troutdale ain't bad, but it's just feels so far out, and just close enough to the gorge that you kinda get screwed when wintry weather threatens the area. For someone that didn't grow up there and has never lived there, it's always kind of felt like SE Portland spreads to Parkrose > Gresham > Troutdale.....

And yes, West Linn prices are ridiculous (I've never regretted purchasing our house, but it's insane). BUT....... you can find some solid deals out here. But I'm curious to see how the market responds this spring/summer time. We're about to hit prime real estate season, and things have settled, and prices have slowly been creeping back up.
 
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BLAZINGGIANTS said:
To each his own. I guess it depends what your activities are, where you spend your time, etc. Troutdale ain't bad, but it's just feels so far out, and just close enough to the gorge that you kinda get screwed when wintry weather threatens the area. For someone that didn't grow up there and has never lived there, it's always kind of felt like SE Portland spreads to Parkrose > Gresham > Troutdale.....
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Yikes. I've always felt troutdale > Gresham > parkrose

Parkrose has bad crime, so does Gresham, but not out in Powell valley. Troutdale is pretty safe and has like one sex offender. If you're off troutdale road you get a little country and no riff raff other than car breakins and juvenile Shit.

Not to mention right next to I84, wifey and I both work near the Hollywood district
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Yikes. I've always felt troutdale > Gresham > parkrose

Parkrose has bad crime, so does Gresham, but not out in Powell valley. Troutdale is pretty safe and has like one sex offender. If you're off troutdale road you get a little country and no riff raff other than car breakins and juvenile Shit.
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I wasn't referring to crime, I was referring to how SE PDX just happens to sprawl out along the 84 (those were directional arrows, not mathematical arrows). Believe me, I agree with your assessment if we're using the arrows in the mathematical way.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
I wasn't referring to crime, I was referring to how SE PDX just happens to sprawl out along the 84 (those were directional arrows, not mathematical arrows). Believe me, I agree with your assessment if we're using the arrows in the mathematical way.
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Gotcha, my bad. I thought you were going Hcp on me for a second. But I should have known better. You and I know the suburbs are where it's at
 
JFizzleRaider said:
No way. I grew up in troutdale, wifey grew up in happy valley. We would never want to live in Portland. It's basically between troutdale and happy valley. Tigard could be in the mix. We like west Linn but don't want to spend 400k.
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Tualatin > Tigard!!!!!
 
Nah man, we livin' dat Bull Mountain life. :MARIS61:
 
This just in...... They are building another Cheesecake Factory in Tigard. I'll try to find a link


Sent from my baller ass iPhone 5S...... FAMS!
 
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