Comments on: Anywhere but here…

By: Kris Hasson-Jones

Kris Hasson-Jones — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:43:38 +0000

I love Portland–I was born here, I’ve spent most of my life here, and whenever I left the homecoming was quite emotional. I can’t really imagine living anywhere else.

Within 2 hours’ drive we’ve got desert, summer skiing on Mt. Hood, ocean beaches, the Columbia River Gorge, lava lands, the Willamette Valley, and all the benefits of a medium-sized city–opera, ballet, symphony, jazz, music, fabulous restaurants, terrific parks, a thriving downtown and lots of individialized cool neighborhoods. We don’t have the traffic of Seattle, and it rains less often in Portland than Seattle–of course, we also don’t have major league sports or the Sound or the Olympic Rainforest.

By: marcus

marcus — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 03:58:01 +0000

stumbled here through a portal after doing a google search on seattle blogs.

very nice site, and nice entry. i would love to visit the pacific northwest, and consider relocating there as long it didn’t rain every single day (it doesn’t, does it?)

sounds beautiful…my wife the New Englander finds it curious as well.

thanks, from Hot as Hell Texas.

By: bill reith

bill reith — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:56:37 +0000

I got the chance to visit Bainbridge Island several years ago, and I agree with you. Its a lovely place, and well worth any effort that it takes to live there. Wish I were there right now.

By: Learning The Lessons of Nixon

Learning The Lessons of Nixon — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:42:44 +0000

If I could live anywhere…

Julie has a great post on Bainbridge Island, where she lives. Jen says she felt right at home in London. Dean thinks big: “A house in Rockland County, NY, an apartment in NYC (perhaps in Brooklyn Heights), a home in Carmel, CA, and a place in Ch…