Definitely not a good time to move to Portland now. We generally always get harder by recessions than most other metropolitan areas for reasons that are many a

Definitely not a good time to move to Portland now. We generally always get harder by recessions than most other metropolitan areas for reasons that are many and varied, but probably including a somewhat hostile business environment - as in state and city government aren't very business friendly. It also took us longer to come out of the tech wreck recession - it took until 2004, 2005 for tech to kind'a sort'a recover.