Portland, Oregon DC Fans. Are there any besides Ursula?

I have a job interview in Oregon next week, 3 hours south of Portland, and was wondering the same thing in case it works out. If we all end up there, we'll have to band together to fight DCU withdrawal, watch matches on TV, and to take roadtrips when DC is visiting San Jose.

 

A town called Winston, its south of Eugene if you go down I-5.

 

eugene is only an hour and half or maybe two hours from portland.

there is at least one other dcu fan in portland who posts on here but i can't remember who it is.

oregon is great place to live (i grew up there) and portland is a really fun town to live in. southern oregon (pretty much anyplace south of eugene) is, like eastern oregon, much more conservative than portland or seattle.

hope rain doesn't bum ya out.

 

there was also a nice guy who posts on here called Finnegan who kindly invited me to hang with the timber army when i was last visiting my folks. unfortunately a family dinner made me miss them. you might want to contact him as well. he may know some locals who follow united.

 

I'll see you in San Jose ... if they don't fold that team.

 

You might mean dignan23. I think Barbara knows him...

Portland's the coolest city in America. If I weren't so tied here, I'd seriously consider moving there.

 

that could well be, i only remember seeing the poster's location

 

for all the rain it does have a very mild climate--never too hot or too cold. there are a bunch of amazing neighborhoods in portland and the prices (outside a few "exclusive" neighborhoods) are really low compared to the DC area.

its of course also extremely nice to be a little more than an hour away from beach or skiing. i've been to 48 of the 50 states and still think oregon is the most beautiful. of course i am biased.

 

As a native, I'm in the tank for DC, but Oregon combines physical beauty with quality, livable urban environments as well as anyplace I've been in America. (Vancouver, BC is another story)

For straight scenery, Montana is pretty damn stunning. Then again, my state count is at 39 so I'll defer to R&B.

 

montana would be my #2 tied with alaska. my old man is from there and we still own some acerage there and have a family ranch (we have one in central oregon too). it is gorgeous in montana but i think the oregon coast gives it a slight edge.

 

Good point about coastline. Where's the ranch? I've been all over that state in the last 8 months...

 

outside of livingston, in park county not so far from the airport at belgrade (bozeman)

 

I haven't been to Belgrade yet (although I was there when I was a teenager) - that will probably happen next year. I am, however, getting to go up to Kalispell (FCA) in the next two months. Glacier, here I come.

 

you'll like glacier. i have a uncle and aunt up in great falls which isn't too far from the park. and of course livingston is the "gateway to yellowstone"

 

Great Falls has one of my favorite bars in the world.

 

damn i'll have to visit that spot. i need to make a trip to montana before all my relatives forget who i am.

 

It's hilarious. I bought the self-made CD of the blue-haired lady who has been playing the Wurlitzer there since 1963.

 

Sweet! Here's hoping they don't fold. I really want to be within a day's drive or a quick flight of an MLS team, even though I would probably start going to Timbers matches too. My friend in San Francisco is starting to follow DCU and I know if I could just get her out to a DC/San Jose game, she'd be converted for good.
I really hope I get this job. Oregon seems to have everything I want: the great scenery, gorgeous coastline, less expensive. I know that the Black and Red are what I'd miss the most after my friends and family. Can't have it all I guess. Its good to know that there will be other DCU fans out that way

 

Why did "Rancho Deluxe" by Jimmy Buffet come to mind when I read this?

 

After living in Great falls for over a year...well...((no comment))...but I took a long drive up to hit the Mountians..but it was still deep in snow in March...so.headed back to Cut bank...and the local Back Feet pointed my SS to hit the Can-O-dian border....hit a town called Lethbridge in Alberta....and was a fvkin blast....

Great Falls wind will make you go nuts!!!

It is the Windiest City In America!



~worm~

 

Portland has great beer/brew pubs (and of course like Seattle, tons of coffee places). I was out there for a work conference back in the early 90s and did a tour of the Weinhard Brewery. Of course hit Powells books, that place is a trip!

K