Portland area? Hillsboro is an hour, maybe hour and a half from the Oregon coast, and the Oregon coast is all public and therefore the best coast in the nation. :)
My dad grew up in Hillsboro when it was a little farm town, but now the light-rail goes right to downtown Portland. Hospital/med school would be Oregon Health Sciences University, zoo would be Oregon Zoo, right on Highway 26 between Hillsboro and downtown.
Caveats: prices are going up and up for housing, and the job market is still tight. Craigslist would give you a pretty good snapshot of what's available. Most of all, the grayness and rain are too much for some people, and it's hard to tell how much it will get to you until you try it for a few years.
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Date: 2006-03-01 05:53 pm (UTC)My dad grew up in Hillsboro when it was a little farm town, but now the light-rail goes right to downtown Portland. Hospital/med school would be Oregon Health Sciences University, zoo would be Oregon Zoo, right on Highway 26 between Hillsboro and downtown.
Caveats: prices are going up and up for housing, and the job market is still tight. Craigslist would give you a pretty good snapshot of what's available. Most of all, the grayness and rain are too much for some people, and it's hard to tell how much it will get to you until you try it for a few years.