 |
|
04-20-2008, 08:01 PM
|
#31 (permalink)
|
|
Rookie
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: NE Portland
Posts: 23
Rep Power: 0
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by HispanicCausinPanic
Can't do the suburbs man, sorry. Gotta' live in town.
|
I'm with you there... I'm a 7 minute walk from the Rose Garden right now, around the corner from the best Ethiopian food in town. If I had pro ball money I'd buy a place in NE somewhere between Broadway and Fremont and DECK IT OUT! I'd also keep an eye out for the houses next door... Portland Public Schools would be fine by me for my kids if I were a pro, the district is doing some really great things.
I'd definitely have to have some land out in the Skyline/Germantown area and get a big 'ol farm with fresh produce, a herd of dairy goats, and some nice cattle so I could have a side of beef on hand at all times.
I'd also buy a little condo by the practice facility so I could crash there BUT no way in hell I'll make my daily bed next to a strip mall. 3 places in town would be nice...
|
|
|
|
Sponsored Links
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
04-20-2008, 08:47 PM
|
#32 (permalink)
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,352
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Having lived in NYC before moving to Portland 12 years ago - I consider Portland downtown to be the suburbs... (I lived downtown near PSU for a short amount of time before heading west for greener pastures - so I have a bit of practical experience with it as well).
So, if you are going to live in the burbs anyway, might as well go the whole 9 yards...
The Bethany/Helvetia/Old Germantown area for me...
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2008, 09:28 PM
|
#33 (permalink)
|
|
Old School Style!!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N.E.P.
Posts: 2,270
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
No disrespect to the suburbs......O.K..... a little disrespect. I live up off of Fremont. A 5 minute walk from my house, there are restaurants, coffee shops, art gallery, brewery, flower shops, sports bar. Culture. No strip malls baby!
__________________
Mike Rice is an Ol' School Pimp!
Mike Barrett is one cool white-boy!
Wheelz is cooler then the other side of the pillow!
'Tone is the only ex-NBA player I can beat 1 on 1!
I took Rebecca Haarlow to prom!
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2008, 10:02 PM
|
#34 (permalink)
|
|
6th Man
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 421
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
__________________
When your winning, fight like your losing. 
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2008, 10:31 PM
|
#35 (permalink)
|
|
All-Star
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BlazerMania
Age: 22
Posts: 8,233
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
I'm a N. Portland guy. Grew up in the Mocks Crest area over by U of P. Schools suck, but its a great area and its pretty centrally located. If I had the money though I'd probably live in downtown.
__________________
Linda Cohn is like a fine wine....
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2008, 10:50 PM
|
#36 (permalink)
|
|
commie pinko
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: with the supermodels
Posts: 5,921
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Under the Burnside bridge for me!
barfo
|
|
|
|
|
04-20-2008, 11:09 PM
|
#37 (permalink)
|
|
Old School Style!!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N.E.P.
Posts: 2,270
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
I hope this helps. This is HAP's house out in the west hills! Not bad HAP!
__________________
Mike Rice is an Ol' School Pimp!
Mike Barrett is one cool white-boy!
Wheelz is cooler then the other side of the pillow!
'Tone is the only ex-NBA player I can beat 1 on 1!
I took Rebecca Haarlow to prom!
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2008, 06:33 AM
|
#38 (permalink)
|
|
Wheels reads my posts
Join Date: Dec 2002
Age: 82
Posts: 26,747
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by HispanicCausinPanic
I hope this helps. This is HAP's house out in the west hills! Not bad HAP!
|
I have it on good authority this is actually HCP's house.
Note the sign. It actually says "beware of attack cat".
__________________
Read every post made by HOWIE. It's good for yah!
Thanks Grant McOmie.
when will it end?
"I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat."--Will Rogers
"I got a Canadian penny in change the other day, and was thinking of returning it for the proper thing. Until, that is, I realized it was actually worth more than our penny. So I kept it." ~Hap
"To a father when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies." Red Auerbach
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2008, 08:38 AM
|
#39 (permalink)
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,352
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by HispanicCausinPanic
I live up off of Fremont. A 5 minute walk from my house, there are restaurants, coffee shops, art gallery, brewery, flower shops, sports bar. Culture.
|
Not to rain on your parade - but I can walk from my house in the Bethany area and within 5 minutes I have access to restaurants, coffee shops, art galleries, flower shops, sports bar, athletic club, open spaces, running tracks and fields. I also own one of those magical inventions called an automobile - where you put gas in it and it will take you anywhere you want really fast. Takes me 20 minutes to get to downtown when I want to get there.
I am glad you like living downtown - but anyone that thinks that Portland's downtown is anywhere near what a real urban center like NYC, London, Tel-Aviv and the like are... is mistaken. Having lived in all of these places and Portland's downtown - I can see the advantages and excitement and convenience for younger people. I can also see where the burbs have advantages with quieter areas, more space and a better place to raise kids.
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2008, 09:40 AM
|
#40 (permalink)
|
|
Old School Style!!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N.E.P.
Posts: 2,270
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by andalusian
Not to rain on your parade - but I can walk from my house in the Bethany area and within 5 minutes I have access to restaurants, coffee shops, art galleries, flower shops, sports bar, athletic club, open spaces, running tracks and fields. I also own one of those magical inventions called an automobile - where you put gas in it and it will take you anywhere you want really fast. Takes me 20 minutes to get to downtown when I want to get there.
I am glad you like living downtown - but anyone that thinks that Portland's downtown is anywhere near what a real urban center like NYC, London, Tel-Aviv and the like are... is mistaken. Having lived in all of these places and Portland's downtown - I can see the advantages and excitement and convenience for younger people. I can also see where the burbs have advantages with quieter areas, more space and a better place to raise kids.
|
Sorry brother, I don't live downtown. I also don't remember comparing Portland's downtown to anything. I just mentioned how much I enjoy urban living. Congrats on being happy living in Bethany. I don't know what town that is. Is that by Salem?
__________________
Mike Rice is an Ol' School Pimp!
Mike Barrett is one cool white-boy!
Wheelz is cooler then the other side of the pillow!
'Tone is the only ex-NBA player I can beat 1 on 1!
I took Rebecca Haarlow to prom!
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2008, 10:10 AM
|
#41 (permalink)
|
|
Old School Style!!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N.E.P.
Posts: 2,270
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hap
I have it on good authority this is actually HCP's house.
Note the sign. It actually says "beware of attack cat". |
I thought I saw a guy in a Rolls Royce and a camera outside my shack yesterday!
__________________
Mike Rice is an Ol' School Pimp!
Mike Barrett is one cool white-boy!
Wheelz is cooler then the other side of the pillow!
'Tone is the only ex-NBA player I can beat 1 on 1!
I took Rebecca Haarlow to prom!
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2008, 10:24 AM
|
#42 (permalink)
|
|
Player
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: La Grande, OR
Posts: 906
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonny-Canzano
It seems like a lot of the young guys are opting to live in downtown condos rather than houses in the burbs. Greg Oden is getting a place in the new South Waterfront high rise neighborhood, where Channing and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason lives during the off-season.
If you had millions, where in the Portland metro would you live?
|
If I had millions, hmmm.
Am I a current Blazer? or am I a retired player? How did I get those millions.
It's actually relevant. If I'm a current Blazer, I'd want to live relatively
close to the practice facility. I wouldn't want to lose $10 mil a la Scotty
Pippen.
If I'm a retired Blazer, I'd want to live on Sauvie Island!! (Does that count as
IN Portland?)
__________________
Blazers, we're not who you thought we were.
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2008, 10:30 AM
|
#43 (permalink)
|
|
Old School Style!!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N.E.P.
Posts: 2,270
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by wizmentor
If I had millions, hmmm.
Am I a current Blazer? or am I a retired player? How did I get those millions.
It's actually relevant. If I'm a current Blazer, I'd want to live relatively
close to the practice facility. I wouldn't want to lose $10 mil a la Scotty
Pippen.
If I'm a retired Blazer, I'd want to live on Sauvie Island!! (Does that count as
IN Portland?)
|
That would be sweet! You could live at the pumpkin patch!
__________________
Mike Rice is an Ol' School Pimp!
Mike Barrett is one cool white-boy!
Wheelz is cooler then the other side of the pillow!
'Tone is the only ex-NBA player I can beat 1 on 1!
I took Rebecca Haarlow to prom!
|
|
|
|
|
04-21-2008, 10:38 AM
|
#44 (permalink)
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,352
|
Re: OT: Living in Portland
Quote:
Originally Posted by HispanicCausinPanic
Sorry brother, I don't live downtown. I also don't remember comparing Portland's downtown to anything. I just mentioned how much I enjoy urban living. Congrats on being happy living in Bethany. I don't know what town that is. Is that by Salem?
|
Fair enough. Bethany is on the far NW side of town. It is a Portland address - but technically it is an un-incorporated area. You can think of it as North of 26 from Beaverton for all practical purposes.
Glad you like urban living. It has it's charms.
| |
OT: Living in Portland
