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What is the best part of Portland,OR, to move to?
My husband and I have decided to leave Arizona and move to Portland.We are boin our 20/30's.
We enjoy eating out ( asian food), art and travelling.
What would be a good area and what are great things to do?
My husband lived in Eugene for awhile couple years ago.
I've lived in Portland for about 15 years now. And I'll tell you.. I've lived EVERYWHERE in Portland.. I've moved a total of 12 times.
Now. If you are considering startind a family anytime soon? I would move to the west side of Portland ( Washington County). Its got less crime, better schools, its cleaner, and just much more family oriented. If you go, I'm not sure that you do. There are a ton of churches. You are directly on the max line that will take you into Portland.
If you are a city person and like the night life and shopping areas, I suggest the Pearl District downtown. You can get a condo and be right in the center of city life. There is the waterfront park which is really nice. And dowtown Portland is much different than other downtown cities. It's really green and much cleaner. Of course. You still have the homeless beggers that the other cities have. But there are restaurants, galleries and stores all over
If you like the shopping and day city more but dont so much care for all the night life... I also recommend NW 21/23rd area. There are tons of little stores and coffee shops all over. And it has a lot of the older architecture homes. They are gorgeous. But.. These two areas in Portland are some of the higher priced areas as well.
Then there is the Hawthorne/Belmont area. It is in the SE part of Portland. This is kind of an eclectic area.. If you ask me? I'm not quite sure of the best way to describe. This is where I live right now. When I drive through it just kind of makes me think hippie. A love it.. Don't get me wrong. But there are a lot of those little hippie type shops. But they have some really cute things. 
And there are a lot of different style restaurants and coffee shops and bars here. And again because it's part of older portland, there are a lot of those older style houses.
Then some of the other places that are really nice. Two of the cities are on the top 100 in the US.. Are
-Lake Oswego- I work in Lake Oswego, and it's gorgeous, but it is WAY expensive. And quite uppety if you know what I mean.
and
-Sherwood-which is ok. But it's getting to the southern western part of washington county and is getting pretty far from Portland.
Then there is:
-Tualitan (Kind of boring, not much to it)
-Hillboro (Also known as Hillsborrito) I can only say this cause I lived here for about 6 years. But if you did want to look at Hillsboro? I strongly recomment the Orenco Station area. It's right on the max and it's adorable.
-Beaverton- Is ok.
-Clackamas- Lots of crime here. You don't want to live here.
-Milwaukee- Boring.
-Oregon City- It's older city and people who live here generally like it? But I'm not really crazy about it. I don't think it's the area for you.
Anyhow.. I could go on and on.. But.. you can always email me and ask if you want to. Good luck in your move.
Portland, Oregon
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