As a Philly native, the culture shock would just be too much for me at this point, unless I had a BANGING job & crib out there.

Plus, someone just posted an article about Oregon's racist-ass beginnings.

Wasn't this one, but close:
http://www.oregonmag.net/OregonRacismTrib.html



Not trying to discourage you, but I don't even like the relative lack of culture that New Jersey has compared to the big cities around here. Portland's probably a nice place to visit, tho.

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