Bezerklies ( was: Re: [thechat] What?? WHAT?????)

[Erika Meyer]

Vancouver is practically North Portland.  So when are you coming to visit?

I have a 2 bedroom flat (duplex) close in SE Portland... quick bus
ride (or long walk) to downtown.  It's a good deal at $720. Built in
1904, the main drawback is all the crumbling lead-based paint on the
exterior.

I am in love with Portland.  I am entertained by the music scene.  I
just met a great group of poets, also.

This punk band came up from Oakland ("Powerhouse" -- good stuff,
yes... like old Black Flag or something) and I was watching them and
one of them was copping some kind of attitude about how we can't tell
the diff between metal and punk up here.

Puh-leese.    Then suddenly I realized: I'm actually starting to find
Californians annoying.

When I start being annoyed by people from Seattle AND people from
California, it might be time to move.

Someone recently referred to Portland as "The Indifferent City."   It
seemed apt.  No one is impressed by anyone. 500 microbreweries around
and everyone drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon.  Stuff like that.

Yeah, I like it.

Erika


Madhu wrote:

>During some of my time wasting surfing sessions, I was doing some pointless
>research into the cost of living in different US cities. At rent.com I was
>shocked to see a 1-bedroom apartment (we call 'em "flats") going for $1500,
>while one in Portland, Oregon, was around $600-$750. What a bloody
>difference! And in Manhattan, it's around $2500.
>
>My cousin lives in Vancouver, WA. Says the cost of living there is much
>lower. I can now see by how much.
>
>There, I've done an "aardvark" - hijacked the thread and turned it into
>something else. ;)
>
>Madhu
>
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>Madhu Menon
>User Experience Consultant
>e-mail: webguru at vsnl.net
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