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I don't see why renting a car would be needed, kpickell. Transportation in Portland is excellent. You can take the Amtrack to Seattle (much nicer than driving it) and then transportation is good in Seattle.

 

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I'll be your friend MG!

I am going back to Portland for a week in June (9th - 17th) ...graduation. whee!

anyone wanna, like, go to vegethai for lunch on of those days... or something? *cough*lompoc*cough*

Sure, subject to my finals schedule.

 

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Just went to Veganopolis the other day and it was great! I got the burger and potatoes. Next time i'm going to be more adventureous. I do reccomend this place. It's on 4th and Washington in downtown Portland.

I have to remember to go back for the breakfast buffet. doh

Has anyone been to Blossoming Lotus?

 

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This thread sure is quiet considering how many people here live in Oregon.

Anyway, I have a question for those who live in Portland and would be so inclined to help me out a little...

About how hard is it to find an appartment, especially a studio? (For example, in my town, it's nearly impossible. You have to get your credit checked, put down tons of down payments, and compete with the 50 million other college aged kids here who also want a studio).

About how much does one typically cost? (For example, here it's around 400-700 for a studio, without utilities)

How hard is it to get a job? I'm not looking for anything fancy to start out, just something to get me through rent and a little food, like being a cashier. Here it's very easy to get that kind of a job. Are there any telemarketing jobs? It's something I'm comfortable doing, and it tends to pay more than minimum wage...

I've looked around on online appartment and job finders, but I get the feeling that those things aren't a very accurate sample to base my plans on...

Thanks so much!

Downtown or the Pearl District studios are going to be 650-1000 or so. Elsewhere in NW or on the east side more like 400-600. You should expect a credit check and to pay some kind of deposit, its often less than a months rent on studios. Finding one isn't hard though.

Retail/grocery jobs are pretty easy to get if you have experience. I applied 3 places downtown/pearl this summer and got two offers (I accepted WFM). I'm not sure about telemarketing jobs but the ones I have seen listed pay like $9 and I make more than a dollar over that as a cashier at WFM, plus I get a discount on groceries.

 

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Thanks! That helped a bunch. The pure logic behind the addresses is still beyond me though

Where I live it's completely counterintuitive. Roads zig zag all over town, disappear for entire streches, come back with totally strange numbers...

Also, in NW the streets run alphabetically. Burnside, Couch, Davis, Everett, Flanders, Glisan, Hoyt etc. Streets north of Burnside are NW or NE and streets south of burnside or SW or SE. (actually ankeny is the first NW street but it doesn't go all the way through). Streets west of the river are west, east of the river are east. Also the area bounded by 405 on the south and west, Irving on the north, and the river on the east is called fareless square and all transportation is free in that area.

 

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Service at Paradox sucks period. I'm not willing to write it off as one person working up front because well, that can be changed. Its not like someone is calling in every night, they chose to be understaffed and provide poor service. Diner food should not take 30 minutes to hit the table, it makes no sense.

Peets is the best prepared coffee in town, sorry Amy

They have a pearl location and a downtown location though, so if you live elsewhere you have to settle.

 

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Lincoln High School is in teh Goose Hollow, not downtown. The max (blue/red line) stops there.

 

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It got a pretty crap review in a local paper and it is in the closet thing portland has to a bad neighborhood but its a friggin vegan pirate restaurant!

 

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Who eats food anymore?