Welcome Cookie! There are some wonderful folks here that live in the greater Portland area. I am only a visitor to that great city and I love it. Perhaps OneSnowyOwl is the best source of information even though she lives south of the city. If you don't get a response from anyone else, I recommend that you pm her for her thoughts.
The one thing that I can tell you is that the Portland gridlock is just as bad as Seattle's, if not worse. Give some consideration to that when you are choosing a place to live. Think about alternative transportation if you are not keen about spending hours commuting.
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