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Interesting, my wife and I have been asking ourselves these questions lately and we came to the conclusion that living in Portland (Oregon) is not worth the pre
by toasterlovin 10y ago
Interesting, my wife and I have been asking ourselves these questions lately and we came to the conclusion that living in Portland (Oregon) is not worth the premium that it entails over living 30 minutes outside of Portland.
Yet, at the same time, I yearn to live inside the city.
I'm not fully thought out on this, but somehow I think it's ultimately a status thing. The cool people live in the city, so I want to live in the city.
- brewdad 10y agoAs one who, a decade ago, made the choice to live 10 mins from work in a Portland suburb rather than live in the city and commute 40-60 mins each way, we don't regret the decision at all. Sure I would love to live in one of the leafy old neighborhoods in Portland, but we can get there in less than 30 minutes on the weekends and I don't stress over voluntarily driving into the city midweek once in a while. It would be nice to be a bit less car dependent, but having two cars in our family is more a choice of convenience than a necessity.