Retiring in the Pacific Northwest

[Salmonchaser]

No Elgin, place is f up. Where all the outcasts go. Cove , Union, Baker or over in the valley, wallows or Enterprise. I worry more about having my pistol with me in Elgin than I do in Portland. Here is a listing in Cove, just up the hill from us. Guy who owns it is a craftsman builder. Kind of guy you ask him to build you a crate he builds a grand piano. 4 hours to Portland.

 

[Bonasababy]

No Elgin, place is f up. Where all the outcasts go. Cove , Union, Baker or over in the valley, wallows or Enterprise. I worry more about having my pistol with me in Elgin than I do in Portland. Here is a listing in Cove, just up the hill from us. Guy who owns it is a craftsman builder. Kind of guy you ask him to build you a crate he builds a grand piano. 4 hours to Portland.

What about coastal towns? Tilamook?

 

[Salmonchaser]

We enjoy visiting the coast but damn it's wet. But you never have to drive on snow.

 

[jimh406]

People like the coastal towns in Oregon. The issue is how overcast it is much of the year. It's can be great otherwise.

 

[Straight Arrow]

People like the coastal towns in Oregon. The issue is how overcast it is much of the year. It's can be great otherwise.

We stayed near Cannon Beach couple years ago and travelled along the coast on Hwy 101. We loved it ... however, the traffic etiquette there is even worse than in Bozeman, with dipchits speeding and passing on double yellow and blind curves. We loved the area but hated the highway travel up and down the coastal 101!

 

[brymoore]

I like the coastal towns but I’m not sure I’d want to live there. It does have advantages. It’s going to be 101 in Boise today but only 64 in Newport. Great saltwater fishing, crabbing and clamming. You’d have to drive for hunting or fly fishing.

 

[Greybeard]

What about coastal towns? Tilamook?

When my son and his wife first moved out to Oregon, they started in Tilamook. We visited them over Thanksgiving. It was nice. The weather was exactly as you would expect for that time of year, but we still enjoyed hiking out in the cool, misty rainforests around there.

 

[Greybeard]

Man, the Willamette valley isn't getting enough love. It's beautiful. The rivers that flow from the westside of the cascades are incredible from the Molalla to all the Santiams, the Sandy and Clackamas, the McKenzie and Willamette. And the rolling oak topped hills with snowy peaks in the background, and the coast only an hour over the hill.

After your post, I watched a few YouTube videos about the Willamette Valley. It does look beautiful.

 

[Irrelevant]

After your post, I watched a few YouTube videos about the Willamette Valley. It does look beautiful.

If I had a do-over in life I might have tried to build a life in the Willamette valley, in the Estacada/Molalla area. Short drive to ski or hop over the mountains to the Deschutes, similar to the coast. Close enough to Portland to make "real" money.