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Old 04-25-2013, 01:15 PM   #19
Nimbus09
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Member#: 212399
Join Date: May 2009
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: portland, or
Vehicle:
09 wrx 301hp/328tq
'00 miata blue

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I moved here 2 years ago from Chicago. Here are my honest opinions/observations. Most of these will be pretty negative unfortunately.

1.) Lived in the Pearl my first year and it was ok, but there are so many homeless people. Sucks. After I got my fill of downtown, I moved just slightly outside of town in Sylvan Highlands. More space, little cheaper on rent and I have a backyard!

2.) Scenery out here is awesome. The drives are better than anywhere I've been. Try Skyline as soon as you can. Also, autocross at PIR always has a good turnout.

3.) Subaru's are everywhere. This actually sucks. Nobody needs one here, even if you do go to Mt. Hood every weekend. I bought mine in Chicago... you know, where it actually snows.

4.) Beer, beer, and more beer... yes!! But if you drink anything other than an IPA, you'll get mocked. It's ok though, I got used to them and they're pretty tasty.

5.) People here plain suck because A) they're either super hipster and think they're smarter than you even though they didn't even finish high school and B) very impersonal, hard to make good friends. Luckily, I work with a lot of people I went to grad school with so I still have genuine people around me.

6.) If you like soccer, you can find a pickup game about anytime, but everyone here is crazy about the ****ty Timbers in the ****ty league they call MLS. Delusional.

7.) Food, oh my gosh, the food is sooo good!

Anyway, welcome! Still think it's an improvement over San Fran.
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