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...and come to Portland. (I kid, I kid. It's a neverending joke here)

by rhombocombus 9y ago

seanmcdirmid 9y ago
...on their way to Seattle. (The Californian invasion has always been a thing in the PnW)
- snuxoll 9y ago
  Don't forget us down here in Boise. The constant influx of people from other regions is straining our housing market, especially since the vast majority of employment options still left (after HP split and Micron downsized) are in the service industry. My mom paid $900/mo for a 4 bedroom house in a south-Boise subdivision in 2010, I'm now paying $1200/mo for a 3 bedroom house 5 miles further out in Meridian. Our housing costs aren't SF-crazy, but when you consider the lack of public transport necessitating vehicle ownership and depressed wages (lots of people making under $10/hr at call centers) it's becoming unaffordable for the masses.
  - seanmcdirmid 9y ago
    > I'm now paying $1200/mo for a 3 bedroom house 5 miles further out in Meridian Uhm...wow, that's cheap. If you had a decent tech job in Boise (at HP?) it might work out pretty well.
    - snuxoll 9y ago
      Sure, it's affordable for me now - back when I was making $32K/yr on a MSP's help desk it would have been almost half of my wage - and that's good money for the majority of the population here. Lucky me, I make $85K now working from home - but 4 years ago it was a different story, and there's still plenty of people in the area who are trying to make ends meet. Boise has been really slow to recover from the recession, where many people used to be able to get decent jobs at Micron, HP, Simplot, etc. there's much less available - call centers and other service industry positions have begun to dominate. The median cost of a house in the area is back to pre-2008 levels and rising fast, but wages aren't.
      - seanmcdirmid 9y ago
        Sounds a bit like Spokane, though they have a lot of medical going on to keep things sane.
Danihan 9y ago
Wow, great idea, thanks!

...and come to Portland. (I kid, I kid. It's a neverending joke here)

seanmcdirmid 9y ago

...on their way to Seattle. (The Californian invasion has always been a thing in the PnW)

snuxoll 9y ago
Don't forget us down here in Boise. The constant influx of people from other regions is straining our housing market, especially since the vast majority of employment options still left (after HP split and Micron downsized) are in the service industry. My mom paid $900/mo for a 4 bedroom house in a south-Boise subdivision in 2010, I'm now paying $1200/mo for a 3 bedroom house 5 miles further out in Meridian. Our housing costs aren't SF-crazy, but when you consider the lack of public transport necessitating vehicle ownership and depressed wages (lots of people making under $10/hr at call centers) it's becoming unaffordable for the masses.
- seanmcdirmid 9y ago
  > I'm now paying $1200/mo for a 3 bedroom house 5 miles further out in Meridian Uhm...wow, that's cheap. If you had a decent tech job in Boise (at HP?) it might work out pretty well.
  - snuxoll 9y ago
    Sure, it's affordable for me now - back when I was making $32K/yr on a MSP's help desk it would have been almost half of my wage - and that's good money for the majority of the population here. Lucky me, I make $85K now working from home - but 4 years ago it was a different story, and there's still plenty of people in the area who are trying to make ends meet. Boise has been really slow to recover from the recession, where many people used to be able to get decent jobs at Micron, HP, Simplot, etc. there's much less available - call centers and other service industry positions have begun to dominate. The median cost of a house in the area is back to pre-2008 levels and rising fast, but wages aren't.
    - seanmcdirmid 9y ago
      Sounds a bit like Spokane, though they have a lot of medical going on to keep things sane.

Danihan 9y ago

Wow, great idea, thanks!