[Porsche-O-Phile]

I enjoyed my time there (2002-3) but I enjoyed leaving and going back to a warm, sunny climate a lot more.

In the summer it's the most beautiful place I've ever seen - lush green everywhere, waterfalls, beautiful rugged coastal areas, etc. but it comes at a price for the other 8-9 months of the year. No thanks. Maybe a summer home someday... Maybe.

It is one of the most economically challenged areas I've ever seen. There is very little in the way of opportunity or growth there other than basic entry-level / minimum-wage stuff. Apparently Portland was heavily invested in tech and got pounded during the dot-com crash and never recovered. Sad - it's got a nice character but I can't do the dreary, cold, dark, perpetually damp thing. Where I am now is bad enough but at least we get half a year of decent as opposed to 2-3 months.

It was some of the best, most fun and most challenging flying I've ever done however - flying in / out of KPDX will make you either a really, really good IFR pilot or a really, really dead one.