I caught a cold in November 1997. I finally rid myself of said cold in May of 1998.
Said cold reappeared annually for the next 4 years.
In September 2001 I moved the intermountain west, where we get about 13 inches of rain a year. When I catch a cold nowadays it lasts, like, 35 minutes.
Go to Eugene for some of the most ridiculous social and political arguments, where I witnessed people lecturing others about their purchases while standing in line at the grocery store (the evils of white sugar, the coffee trade, paper vs. plastic, "and I'm trying to educate you..."
Chaz, you seem to be a politically right-leaning person and I think you may be amused at the extreme liberal conformity amongst people there. I happen to be mostly liberal but I found the rampant liberalism there to be extreme to the point of a competition for the highest social moral ground.
As the best example I can remember after years of living in Eugene, I was told that middle-aged white men rule the world and that is why the world is in such violent turmoil. Upon my questioning this opinion I was told I could never understand prejudice and bias because I'm a white male. (Think about that statement). Even the white males present agreed.
Keep a humerous attitude and talk to some Eugeneans and let me know what you think.
Not much really, you get a few decent days a year to get something done and the rest of the time people just complain. Would I work till I am 75 to afford a sh#t pile here....not freaking likely
Sorry but I'm with Hoser. Median income in Vancouver = $60,000; median home price = $600,000. Can't afford to live there and don't like the rain (avg. 165 days of precipitation/year).
When it's sunny it's beautiful though. And there's good coffee, food, and climbing objectives especially alpine.
I lived in Vancouver for 20 years, and mostly liked it. But after moving to Seattle for the past ten years, the thought of moving back to Vancouver holds no charm.
Seattle's not perfect, but I certainly prefer it to Van.
Don't know about the "less women" thing. Seems to be about the same m-to-f ratio in both cities. As to health care, you're quite right, but that's a country thing, not a city thing.
I'd happily slide Seattle 150 miles north and across the border if:
a) that would bring universal health care, but not
b) an influx of santimonious Canadians moving in and spoiling the vibe
In Portland, almost everything you want to do in the city is within a 5 mile radius. There is no need for a car. The food and beer are fabulous. You can bike everywhere. Hood is 90 minutes. Can't think of anywhere in America that beats it for quality of life. Yes, it rains. So what?
Seattle and Portland combined cant touch the quality of women we have in Van, however no one can touch the women in Van because they have the worst attitude in the world!
PNW as a whole sucks but the American one is even worse
The best rock climbing in Oregon is in Washington, and the best rock climbing in Washington is in BC.
I mean, in BC we have rock like the Smith Rock tuff. We just don't bother to climb on it.
The best alpine climbing in Washington - an area with dozens of amazing routes and three or four separate guidebooks - would get one chapter in a BC alpine guidebook and would get visited maybe a dozen times a year.
binks -90 mins to hood is grand but i'll take no traffic lights and 15 mins to this
Sh#t eating grins as the lads contemplate another mid week dawn patrol that takes 3 hrs car to car with 2 summits, 2500 vert and eta at office of 11:00 am
Let us know!