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MickZagger said:
My favorite small city in the US and hopefully a place I can live someday:

Bend, Oregon

^ Love that place.
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++++1 :cheers:

I'm currently planing to retire there in three years.
 
Before the crash Bend was having a nice little boom. A little Pearl District-esque. Hopefully those projects will pick up again.
 
The housing market in Bend went to shit. There's half-way started up sub-divisions everywhere. Downtown Bend is so quaint and the quality of life there is awesome. The California transplants suck of course, but its what made Bend boom into what it is. And of course it has became a haven for hot chicks.

I see celebrities there all the time. Coolio has a place there, I saw Lyle Lovette kickin it at Pine Tavern last year, I've seen Kevin Costner there, Phil Knight, Drew Bledsoe's always around town. He owns a few coffee stands in town and coaches his kids football teams. Its the 'hip' place to be.

My grandparents used to have a place in Bend. I'd go there every summer (still do, sometimes twice). I remember when it was clear as day to seperate the locals from the tourists/vacationers. Now they all blend in. Perfect weather, too. Mountains, desert, great golf courses, fishing, good restaurants and breweries.

Nirvana!
 
MickZagger said:
The housing market in Bend went to shit. There's half-way started up sub-divisions everywhere. Downtown Bend is so quaint and the quality of life there is awesome. The California transplants suck of course, but its what made Bend boom into what it is. And of course it has became a haven for hot chicks.

I see celebrities there all the time. Coolio has a place there, I saw Lyle Lovette kickin it at Pine Tavern last year, I've seen Kevin Costner there, Phil Knight, Drew Bledsoe's always around town. He owns a few coffee stands in town and coaches his kids football teams. Its the 'hip' place to be.

My grandparents used to have a place in Bend. I'd go there every summer (still do, sometimes twice). I remember when it was clear as day to seperate the locals from the tourists/vacationers. Now they all blend in. Perfect weather, too. Mountains, desert, great golf courses, fishing, good restaurants and breweries.

Nirvana!
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I haven't been there enough to form an opinion one way or the other. Can you detail the weather during each season?
 
Bend's downtown is very nice - but it is too damn cold in the winters and quite frankly, not as much to do as I would like. A nice place to visit however.
 
I was going to say Aspen, but that works as well.

High desert climate is weird though. I spent two days in Santa Fe, NM (high desert) and one day it was 75, the other it snowed.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Since we are talking about Minnesota vs. Portland in some of the other threads, what are some of the best cities in America you have visited/lived in?

I'm going to say nothing beats the Pacific NW (Portland/Seattle). Washington is lame with the strip clubs (topless only, no alcohol..etc.) though.

I'm a fan of Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Anchorage.

Not a fan of Los Angeles, Albuquerque, or Boise.
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Santa Cruz
 
Another tidbit regarding Bend's boom right before the crash: It was the 10th fasting growing city in America at the time.

Like Portland, the population is going to boom in the future.
 
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Being down here in Vegas for the past 2 days reminds me how much I hate this town!
 
HCP said:
Being down here in Vegas for the past 2 days reminds me how much I hate this town!
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Ha! That actually happens to everyone I know who go there for more than a weekend.

My cousin spent two week there and he said it felt like two months.

A strip of basically the same thing -- casino-hotel, casino-hotel, nightclub, casino-hotel. Oh, did I mention casino-hotel?
 
It just blows me away when I see parents walking around with their kids down here........ the same feeling I get when I see a mom and dad walking their kids down Bourbon Street! Clueless.....
 
Chicago has been a blast for 7 night,s last one being tonight. It was #2 on my US list, and has done nothing to drop itself.

Made craploads of money here, for work and my brother is here for the weekend for work, too. Saw the Cubbies beat the Dbacks 4-1 today at Wrigley, and just got back to the Hyatt Regency. Dinner at Geno's in an hour for some deep dish Chicago-style pizza, and then an 8am flight back to PDX to spend a beautiful Sunday at PDX.
 
I liked Lake Oswego in the 60's. Bend's nice and coming into it's own. Portland was cool in the 70's-80's.
 
Well if you go to Miami you have to know where to visit. Some places are extremely beautiful and fun, other parts of downtown are rough. Be careful around downtown nightclubs. North Miami, Miami Beach, Kendall, Doral are cool imo.
 
huevonkiller said:
Well if you go to Miami you have to know where to visit. Some places are extremely beautiful and fun, other parts of downtown are rough. Be careful around downtown nightclubs. North Miami, Miami Beach, Kendall, Doral are cool imo.
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Florida sucks as a whole, imo.
 
Florida's garbage. I've been there a couple times. Too many elderly and non-speaking foreigners. The weather is garbage too, too much humidity and unpredictable.
 
Hmm I love Hispanic people so I may not be partial, but there are also posh places around here.

The Summer is not as warm as Texas and other places, because of the ocean breeze. Humidity always blows though.
 
huevonkiller said:
Hmm I love Hispanic people so I may not be partial, but there are also posh places around here.

The Summer is not as warm as Texas and other places, because of the ocean breeze. Humidity always blows though.
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Yeah my man problem with Florida is the humidity. I can't stand humidity.
 
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