moving to Portland and need a little help

[The_Lillard_King]

Both wrong: When I lived in Murray Hill, Murray Blvd was under construction for part of the time and was a disaster. And even still, it takes you somewhat in the wrong direction and then dumps you on Highway 26 into very heavy traffic. As I said before, the highways (217 & 26) were worthless during morning peak rush hour. And Allen is slow with school zones, low speed limit and red light cameras everwhere. The route was:

Get to Brockman/Greenway to Hall Blvd, cut through a neighborhood street to Denny Rd. Get on 217. and exit at Canyon Road. If 217 stopped, stay on Denny to Scholls Ferry.

there are also ways to get into town without the freeway. Taking Farmington eventually cuts you through Multnomah Village and into Ptd. I knew a couple ways to get into town without taking the freeway. They also have widened the merge from 217 to 26 which has helped traffic.

The key for me to miss the traffic is leave at 6:30 and I miss most traffic that way. Also with morning traffic, who wants to get to work? I used to listen to Colin Coward when he was local and before I know it I'm at work.

The worst for me is going to Blazer games. That commute from westside suburbs to the rose garden is bad (still not as bad as going to Vancouver) . . .you catch the evening commute and the RG traffic . . . and it is usually raining.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Park and Ride at Sunset Transit Center! or better yet Beaverton Town Square.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

oregonians think that people in Vancouver are weirdos. just the stereotype.

I dont see weirdos (your avatar) in E.Vancouver. I see them daily in Portland. Even the Wal Mart in E.Vancouver is respectable. You dont see the trash that you see in all the other Wal Marts. I am always amazed at all the hot moms I see! I'd be willing to bet that the average income in E.Vancouver is well pretty high.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Everyone I know from Tualatin, Tigard, Beaverton (not Jesuit) thinks kids from Lake O or Jesuit are D-bags. Just sayin.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Everyone I know from Tualatin, Tigard, Beaverton (not Jesuit) thinks kids from Lake O or Jesuit are D-bags. Just sayin.

U mad bro?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

There's also a newish WES train in Tualatin that goes to Beaverton, and you can take the MAX from there.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I dont see weirdos (your avatar) in E.Vancouver. I see them daily in Portland. Even the Wal Mart in E.Vancouver is respectable. You dont see the trash that you see in all the other Wal Marts. I am always amazed at all the hot moms I see! I'd be willing to bet that the average income in E.Vancouver is well pretty high.

what the fuck is a "Wal Mart"? must be a 'couv thang.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

U mad bro?

I personally didn't like anyone outside of Tualatin. I took the town pride thing pretty extreme

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

oregonians think that people in Vancouver are weirdos. just the stereotype.

Vancouver thinks Portland is full of a bunch of idiots who voted for Sam Adams.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

OP is going to be overwhelmed when he sees all this

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I personally didn't like anyone outside of Tualatin. I took the town pride thing pretty extreme

Fuddruckers! only good thing to ever come out of Tualatin! :MARIS61:

 

[Eastoff]

U mad bro?

Well there are a lot of D-Bags from LO and Jesuit. But there are a lot of D-Bags in Tualatin and Tigard and Beaverton... you get the idea. The D-Bell curve is universal.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

So Warriorfan to summerize:

You have endorsements for (among others)

Tualatin
Beaverton
Lake Oswego
Bethany

Some will say negative things about them, but you do have posters who have lived there, say they like it, and will give you the real pros and cons if you are intersted in any of those area. I think you came to the right place for some good and honest suggestions. Hopefully you got/will get something out of all this.

If you are going to live here and are an NBA fan, I hope you get sucked into Blazermania and we see you on this board next year.

Go Blazers!

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Everyone I know from Tualatin, Tigard, Beaverton (not Jesuit) thinks kids from Lake O or Jesuit are D-bags. Just sayin.

Everyone I know from Jesuit is from Tualatin, Tigard or Beaverton.

No wonder the people you know from those areas don't like Jesuit, they steal their best athletes hen kick their butt in sports. I would hate that too. Just sayin

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

One thing to keep in mind: Portland has the second lowest apartment vacancy rate in the entire country (NYC is #1)

 

[Eastoff]

If you are going to live here and are an NBA fan, I hope you get sucked into Blazermania and we see you on this board next year.

Go Blazers!

This is the important take away. Maybe he meant this warrior?
[video=youtube;RTngBI51gJc]

 

[MickZagger]

North Portland. Mocks Crest or Portsmouth area over by University of Portland area.

 

[MARIS61]

I'd say any of the burbs except the Beaverton, Aloha, Hillsboro area which is becoming gang central. Closer in Gladstone and Milwaukie are both very family-oriented communities.

 

[jlprk]

I'm new to town. Where's the draft party?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Every city has their sewer -- just stay away from HCP's hood, NEP:

[video=youtube;2976JXlWhzk]

 

[MARIS61]

http://sportstwo.com/threads/220913-Zybot-s-Rental?p=2853293#post2853293