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> The forces that kept people here are temporarily gone. I wonder a lot about this and its effects. We're seeing big price increases here in Bend, Oregon and w
by davidw 6y ago
> The forces that kept people here are temporarily gone.
I wonder a lot about this and its effects. We're seeing big price increases here in Bend, Oregon and what seems like an influx of people from larger cities. Why live in a city if you can't do city things?
Bend was already trendy though. I wonder if this effect will indeed spread out even further. There are a bunch of former logging/ranching towns here in Oregon (and, indeed, throughout the west) that are not doing nearly so well. Roseburg, Pendleton, Baker City, Grants Pass come to mind. They have access to some nice outdoor spaces themselves. Will people start moving there, or will they constrain themselves to 'the beaten path' of towns that their peer group considers a 'nice place to live'?
- solarkraft 6y agoI'd suppose it's a development similar to (or exactly) gentrification. First a few pioneers come for the cheap housing, they make it cool, a few more people come for the coolness and eventually, if a critical mass is reached, it'll become an established desirable area (of course this can reverse as well). Since people tend to accumulate I suppose that once the prices in Bend get too high people will indeed spread out, bit one of the nearby towns will win the "trendy" people.