Wife and I lived in Newport OR for a couple years. One winter, we had snow on the beach!!! Also lived in Portland for a couple years where it definitely gets warmer in the summer and colder in the winter than on the coast. Either place, you're looking at filtered sunshine 75% of the time. As a recent news report put it, it doesn't rain more around here, it just rains more often. If you move up here (NW), you'll learn the difference between rain and showers, partly cloudy and partly sunny.
Aberdeen Photo wrote:
...I understand that if you ride a bike in Oregon, you may not need clothing. ;-)
That's true in Seattle, too, especially in the Fremont neighborhood.
The city council was considering a ban on public nudity after some nudists got too close to some children at the Seattle Center Fountain, but they decided against it, and instead pledged to post better signs when nudists were having organized gatherings in city parks.
hsw21 wrote:
I mentioned Eugene in my first post and Portland in my last post, so most likely between those two.
I really like Eugene. We held our family reunion at my cousin's house there in September, and I couldn't help but imagine myself retiring there in a few years.
A nice college town, it has a great mix of young people and "seasoned citizens," and has a nice climate with four real seasons. (Well...3 1/2 anyway.)
Between Eugene and Springfield there's enough population to support arts and entertainment, yet it's still "small town" enough not to feel claustrophobic. Get out of the cities and into rural Lane County, and homes with acreage are still within reach of average families.
