Most desireable neighborhood in Portland proper?

[Natebishop3]

You could take it a step further. You know you're in the safe 'burbs of Lake O and West Linn because the only time the po-po be flashing their lights is to stop someone for speeding or not using their turn signal timely enough.

Don't forget the tickets for not wearing a seat belt. We wouldn't want to let those criminals get away with it.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

FORREST HEIGHTS, BITCHES.

:MARIS61:

If I lived there though, I'd probably live in the Pearl. Eastside is a little too gritty, Burbs are a little too boring. Pearl gives you best total access to it all, at a price I guess.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

FORREST HEIGHTS, BITCHES.

:MARIS61:

If I lived there though, I'd probably live in the Pearl. Eastside is a little too gritty, Burbs are a little too boring. Pearl gives you best total access to it all, at a price I guess.

They are. But I don't really care to go out, I'm very much a home-body and always have been. So I bought a house that has everything I need and then some, but is still within walking distance to a very small, but trendy area of drinks and food. And the house has enough that it's a draw for most of my friends to come visit.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah, if you have a family and shit, Burbs totally make sense. Lots of room for all your shit, you can play basketball in the front yard, nice BBQs, etc.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Don't forget the pool table, Fams. Always gotta be room for that.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah, if you have a family and shit, Burbs totally make sense. Lots of room for all your shit, you can play basketball in the front yard, nice BBQs, etc.

It's just safer imo. The walkability sucks ass, and there isn't much to do around here, but I can drive if I want to have fun.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

It's just safer imo. The walkability sucks ass, and there isn't much to do around here, but I can drive if I want to have fun.

Are you in Portland or the burbs?

I have the area of Willamette within walking distance for me. It's a cool little area with some good restaurants and drinks, walking distance to parks, and I've got river access. Good enough for me. I don't really door much "bar-hopping".

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

It's just safer imo. The walkability sucks ass, and there isn't much to do around here, but I can drive if I want to have fun.

if you don't have kids, you don't really need to "be safer". you're just being boring when you don't need to be.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Don't forget the pool table, Fams. Always gotta be room for that.

GOTTA HAVE A BONUS AND A GREAT ROOM YO!

 

[Eastoff]

East Siders lol

You know how I can tell that my area is better? I hardly ever see cops. When I go over onto the east side, I see a shit ton of cops. You don't live in a great part of town when people are getting shot just around the corner.

Just my .02

You know where I used to see a lot of cops, Lake Oswego. Boy aren't anecdotes accurate?

 

[Natebishop3]

You know where I used to see a lot of cops, Lake Oswego. Boy aren't anecdotes accurate?

We're talking about Portland proper. Smaller towns like Lake Oswego and West Linn have cops with nothing to do other than traffic tickets.

 

[Natebishop3]

if you don't have kids, you don't really need to "be safer". you're just being boring when you don't need to be.

That's not true. I like that I can leave shit out and not worry about someone stealing it.

 

[Eastoff]

That's not true. I like that I can leave shit out and not worry about someone stealing it.

Me too! I leave my shoes out every night going on 2 years, and I have repeatedly mistakenly left my car unlocked at least 3 times.

 

[Natebishop3]

Me too! I leave my shoes out every night going on 2 years, and I have repeatedly mistakenly left my car unlocked at least 3 times.

Nobody wants your stinky old shoes

 

[Draco]

I lived in Sherwood for a few years and it is a great little area, if you go up I5 or 99 its closer to downtown than people think but houses are relatively affordable. Very safe with great schools and no trashy people.

 

[Natebishop3]

I lived in Sherwood for a few years and it is a great little area, if you go up I5 or 99 its closer to downtown than people think but houses are relatively affordable. Very safe with great schools and no trashy people.

Yeah, Sherwood is nice. I've looked at some houses out there.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

That's not true. I like that I can leave shit out and not worry about someone stealing it.

yeah, but there are still lots of residential burglaries in the burbs. And lots of speed traps. because the cops don't have to do so much shit, they just give traffic tickets all day.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

GOTTA HAVE A BONUS AND A GREAT ROOM YO!

I know it's in jest, but why make fun of it. I don't make fun of you for needing to be in some trendy little place where you can bar-hop or do what it is you do. Why knock my living in a big-ass house in the 'burbs?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I lived in Sherwood for a few years and it is a great little area, if you go up I5 or 99 its closer to downtown than people think but houses are relatively affordable. Very safe with great schools and no trashy people.

The 99 sucks. That and the 26 are the worst rush hours in town.. And if there are no trashy people in Sherwood........ wait... WTF? Are we talking about the same Sherwood?

It's an area that grew a lot from like, 1995-2005, and has become pretty nice, but to say there are no trashy people there........

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

yeah, but there are still lots of residential burglaries in the burbs. And lots of speed traps. because the cops don't have to do so much shit, they just give traffic tickets all day.

Lots of residential burglaries? They happen, but I wouldn't say "lots". And far less than Portland proper.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I know it's in jest, but why make fun of it. I don't make fun of you for needing to be in some trendy little place where you can bar-hop or do what it is you do. Why knock my living in a big-ass house in the 'burbs?

I grew up in a big ass house in the burbs, we had those rooms. Its just kind of weird how they call these living spaces different things. We had a bonus room, we probably had a great room but it used to be called a living room. I don't know what a den is called nowadays.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

The 99 sucks. That and the 26 are the worst rush hours in town.. And if there are no trashy people in Sherwood........ wait... WTF? Are we talking about the same Sherwood?

It's an area that grew a lot from like, 1995-2005, and has become pretty nice, but to say there are no trashy people there........

Sherwood used to seem far as fuck and hicksville when I was living in PDX in the 90s. And we lived out in Bull Mountain which was still the sticks back then but they seemed to have joined it together with Murrayhill and Scholls ferry. even back then taking 99 sucked.

so weird what used to be open country is now ugly megadevelopments though.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I grew up in a big ass house in the burbs, we had those rooms. Its just kind of weird how they call these living spaces different things. We had a bonus room, we probably had a great room but it used to be called a living room. I don't know what a den is called nowadays.

My room is like 900 square feet or so. I simply call it "my room" or my girl's call it "dad's room". There's a bar, a pool table, leather couches, pinball, foosball, my home office space, and a big screen TV. I never was a big "go out to the bars" kind of dude. So to have everything I want at home and have some quiet is cool with me. Most of my friends were, and some still are, "go out and party" people. When it was on the market, the realtor referred to it as a bonus room. But that made no sense, as there was a little office room downstairs they also called a bonus room.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We didn't even know what the fuck to put in our Bonus Room. We just put another TV and a ping pong table in there and really never used it.

and it isn't just about eating at bars. Its about having a variety of restaurants, cultural events, community activities and what not in the immediate vicinity to you. Sure, you probably have little fake parks and "farmer's markets" that they set up close by, but its not the same as living in the city itself. Having not to go to chain restaurants or at restaurants in minimalls, etc. Being able to find decent street food and stuff. But like I said, when you have a family it doesn't really make that much sense, but if you're relatively "chain free", living out in the burbs is kind of a lame idea since you'll miss out on a lot of the fun things that make living in prime areas worth it.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Sherwood used to seem far as fuck and hicksville when I was living in PDX in the 90s. And we lived out in Bull Mountain which was still the sticks back then but they seemed to have joined it together with Murrayhill and Scholls ferry. even back then taking 99 sucked.

so weird what used to be open country is now ugly megadevelopments though.

Yeah, this is exactly what I was visioning as the poster mentioned Sherwood's growth. I grew up believing you don't live off the 26, 99 or 84 (except where the 84 is between I-5 and 205). All I remember is the worst traffic was always 26, 99, and 217.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

We didn't even know what the fuck to put in our Bonus Room. We just put another TV and a ping pong table in there and really never used it.

Oh, my bar is in there, too.

See, I live with three females, two of which are children. If I want to be left alone and watch what I want on TV, the "bonus" room is my best bet.

 

[Eastoff]

Yeah, this is exactly what I was visioning as the poster mentioned Sherwood's growth. I grew up believing you don't live off the 26, 99 or 84 (except where the 84 is between I-5 and 205). All I remember is the worst traffic was always 26, 99, and 217.

It still is that way, although 84 has some nasty traffic now between I-5 and I-205. Stupid Camas and stupid Greshamn =[

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Oh, my bar is in there, too.

See, I live with three females, two of which are children. If I want to be left alone and watch what I want on TV, the "bonus" room is my best bet.

by "watch what I want on TV", you mean "Xhamster.com"?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

It still is that way, although 84 has some nasty traffic now between I-5 and I-205. Stupid Camas and stupid Greshamn =[

Yeah, it does. But at least you're in the middle of everything, as opposed to being way out of town. Plus, 84 East in the AM and 84 West in the PM (between the 5 and 205) both move pretty well. The same cannot be said for the opposite directions at those times.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

by "watch what I want on TV", you mean "Xhamster.com"?

No. Mostly sports. Maybe a little news. And maybe some crime shows, like on Investigation Discovery.

My other needs are met pretty well at home.