Moving to Portland - how did you get here?

Where did you come from? How did you move here? What would you do different now?

Hello,
I came from Long Beach Washington, I was looking for a new job... I moved in with my sister and slept in her spare room and on the couch. I Have to say if I had to do it all over again I would not have come, but stuck it out and tried to find a job doing almost anything to stay next to the water, I miss the water and the cool days. It's so hot here in comparison

Host said: Where did you come from? How did you move here? What would you do different now?

i moved here after accepting a job offer a little over a year ago. I have since been laid off. Honestly, if I had it to do over, I would not have moved here. it's a beautiful city, but really not that friendly and there are no jobs.

I came to Portland in 92 for work, I recently laid off. Not much opportunities here due to a business unfriendly environment and gross incompetence of our political leaders. We are getting a lot of young hipster want to suck in the cool culture but find out there no jobs. Go elsewhere.

I moved here last year for my husband's job. His job is going fine but I am still unemployed. :(

Moved up here recently to escape from hell... Its not working as well as I intended. Why are so many people so rude and insecure?

I moved from San Diego almost 4 months ago. My fiance is originally from Portland and has always wanted to move back. I am originally from New England but coincidentally my family relocated here several years ago. We were planning to move up next summer and already in the process of buying a house (to rent out over the next year) when he was offered a transfer within his company. It all just seemed to make sense at the time but I totally regret it now. I wasn't happy with my old job but the phrase "at least I have a job" now means so much more. We should have waited.