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Statewide aggregates are not always super useful. Portland, Oregon is really different from Burns, Oregon, for instance.
by davidw 8y ago
Statewide aggregates are not always super useful. Portland, Oregon is really different from Burns, Oregon, for instance.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThe Portland area would dominate the aggregate because they have 80-90% of the population. I mean, how many in tech are going to move to Pendleton anyways? I’ve heard Bend is kind of hot these days, but went through during a forest fire and wasn’t impressed. Oklahoma is a bit more balanced on population than Oregon.
- TylerE 8y agoOnly a little more than half. Portland metro is 2.4M, state is 4.15M.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoIt really depends on what you call the Portland area I guess. See https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/7nz9fq/a_population_density_map_of_oregon_700_x_400/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/7nz9fq/a_populatio... I bet your number includes a few people in Washington if it’s the official Portland metro area one.
- TylerE 8y agoI'm going by the census definition of the Portland MSA.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoRight, then it’s less than 2 million with the remainder in WA.
- davidw 8y agoI work remotely, in Bend, and am quite happy with it. It's dry enough to be habitable, which the western half of the state where I grew up is, sadly, not. Lots of great outdoor stuff.
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- steve918 8y agoAs someone who grew up in Tulsa and have lived outside of Portland for almost 15 years, I feel confident saying that Portland has gone down the drain in the past few years and is completely overrun with heroin camps covering every inch of public parks and green space. It's still better than Tulsa.
- almost_usual 8y agoIf you’re into heroin I guess it’s better than Tulsa.
- steve918 8y agoIf you're into Meth I guess it's not.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoSeattle has gone the same way.
- almost_usual 8y agoUrban places are liberal, Rural places are conservative. Same trend everywhere in the US, even California.