Indeed. One of those early moves was into one of the run down apartments across the tracks from the Home Depot in Tigard, so that I could be walking distance t

Indeed. One of those early moves was into one of the run down apartments across the tracks from the Home Depot in Tigard, so that I could be walking distance to the little office park there. Super cheap, and plenty of stuff around to do. Just not overly walkable or as pleasant as living in the Pearl District. Then again, just like a fella can make up for a lot of unpleasantness given an extra 1-5 hours a day in free time, the same can be said for paying half the rent of a downtown loft. They still let you drive in to town on the weekends if you get bored of throwing darts at a plastic board and drinking Budweiser non-ironically. And working a software job while living in the "first month free" apartments, you can certainly afford to do so.